The Man Who Condemned Jesus Christ to Death
The Story of Pontius Pilate, a Roman governor
source — Wikipedia
Had it not been for Pontius Pilate, Christianity as we know it today might not have existed. He was tasked with Jesus’s trial and is widely held as the person responsible to pronounce the judgment to sentence Jesus to death by crucifixion.
Pilate’s own history and origins are obscure. What we know is that he was the Roman governor of Judea. A factions of historians believe that his name ‘Pilate’ means a ‘skilled javelin thrower’ while others believe that it is derived from pileus which means a soft conical cap.
Like any other stereotypical Roman governor of that day and age, Pilate is believed to be a skillful warrior and fiercely pious ascetic.
Role in the trial of Jesus
Jesus was arrested after the Last Supper from the garden of Gethsemane. All four gospels have a slightly different version of events after this leading to Jesus’s crucifixion. However, they all agree that he was crucified based on Pilate’s condemnation and prefecture.
As per the New Testament, the Romans (and Pilate) absolve themselves from all the guilt and blame the responsibility on the crowd’s judgment. It claims that had it not been for the revolting crowd, the Roman leadership…
