The Pontius Pilate Effect and How Not to Wash Your Hands of the Truth
Besides, while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today in a dream.” (Matthew 27:19, ESV)
Claudia sat straight up in bed and brushed her sweat-drenched hair away from her face. She sighed, relieved it was just a dream. She wrapped her robe around her shoulders and walked to the window, where she paused to look out on the Praetorium.
That’s odd. Why were there so many people there at this early hour?
Suddenly, she remembered her dream. Her husband Pilate was presiding over cases in the Praetorium like he always did, but this time the miracle-working Jesus of Nazareth stood before him.
Everything about the dream unnerved her. If Pilate condemned an innocent man like Him, that might provoke the anger of the gods, and end his career. She froze. Where was Pilate anyway? She had better get word to him to have nothing to do with that just man!
