Pontius Pilate
the one who washed his hands
Who was Pontius Pilate?
- He was the Roman governor of Judea in the time of Jesus. Luke 3:1
- He questioned Jesus and said that he found no guilt in him. John 18:33, 38
- In the end he handed Jesus over to be crucified. John 19:16; Mark 15:15
What the Bible says
Luke 3:1
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea, and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilina;
John 18:33, 38
33Pilate therefore went into the hall again, and called Jesus, and said to him: Art thou the king of the Jews? 38Pilate saith to him: What is truth? And when he said this, he went out again to the Jews, and saith to them: I find no cause in him.
John 19:16; Mark 15:15
Then therefore he delivered him to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him forth.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
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