Pontius Pilate
33 subentries
- Pontius Pilate (174:2.4) (184:3.17)
- allowed Roman soldiers to arrest Jesus; posted 10 guards, sealed tomb (183:2.3) (185:2.6) (188:2.2-3)
- animosity with Herod (185:3.8)
- “behold the man!” (100:7.1) (185:6.3) (186:2.11)
- built aqueduct with temple funds (185:1.5)
- certain Jesus not worthy to die (185:1.9) (185:3,8secs) (185:5.1,7)
- charge of blasphemy carried no weight with (184:5.1)
- impressed by Jesus’ masterly bearing (185:2.15-16)
- Jews’ lack of respect for (185:1.3-4) (185:2.1-5)
- last appeal to mob (185:6sec)
- not so guilty since ignorant of gospel (185:7.2)
- on trial before Jesus (186:2.6)
- personal characteristics
- confused, harassed, fearful (185:2.16) (185:5.13) (185:6.2,7)
- hatred for, fear of, Jews (185:1.2) (186:4.1)
- moral coward; made threats he feared to execute (185:1.1,3) (185:7.2-3)
- skeptic; did not fathom strong religious feelings (185:1.3)
- unjust and fear-ridden judge (185:1.9) (185:5.9)
- political position
- began rule of Judea in A.D. 26 (136:2.8)
- consent required to put Jesus to death (184:3.13) (185:2.3,5) (185:7.4)
- deposed after needless slaughter of Samaritans (185:1.6)
- Jews threatened to charge with treason (185:1.8) (185:7.5)
- reasonably good governor (185:1.1)
- reprimanded by Caesar (185:8.2)
- Roman procurator of Judea, Samaria, and Idumea under legatus of Syria (185:0.1)
- retired to Lausanne; committed suicide (185:1.6)
- slaughtered Galileans in temple (166:4.4) (185:1.5)
- tragic surrender of (185:8sec)
- “truth, what is truth?” (185:3.5)
- upset by letter from his wife, Claudia Procula (183:2.3) (185:1.7) (185:5.7-8)
- washed hands before multitude (185:8.2) (186:4.1)
- would not take money for Jesus’ body (188:0.3)
- wrote “King of the Jews” over Jesus’ cross (187:1.2-3) (187:2.5)
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