What was the relationship between Pontius Pilate and Jesus?
Pilate questioned Jesus and found no guilt in him. Even so, he handed him over to be crucified. John 18:33-38; John 19:16
What the Bible says
John 18:37
Pilate therefore said to him: Art thou a king then? Jesus answered: Thou sayest that I am a king. For this was I born, and for this came I into the world; that I should give testimony to the truth. Every one that is of the truth, heareth my voice.
John 18:38
Pilate 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.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
What the Church teaches
The Creed says that Jesus “suffered under Pontius Pilate.”
Apostles’ Creed; Catechism 423 · Catechism of the Catholic Church
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Jesus told Pilate that his kingdom does not belong to this world. John 18:36
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