Pontius Pilate, the man who reportedly ordered the crucifixion of Jesus Christ according to the Bible, was a figure shrouded in mystery until an extraordinary discovery on the Mediterranean Sea coast.

We know the man, and we know his name. He is infamous for his contributions to Jesus’ suffering and death. Though his name is immortalized through the recitation of the Creed each Sunday, Pontius ...

The name of Pontius Pilate, the Roman official who ordered the killing of Jesus, according to the Gospel, is mentioned in thousands of sermons every year and is familiar to countless people, but ...

Pontius Pilate, the man who reportedly ordered the crucifixion of Jesus Christ according to the Bible, was a figure shrouded in mystery until an extraordinary discovery on the Mediterranean Sea coast.

Lucerne’s name origin, dragon lore & Pontius Pilate on Mount Pilatus, Swiss chocolate. Christine gets curious about Lucerne’s Chapel Bridge, its ornately painted city squares, including the Weinmarkt, ...

Pontius Pilate woke up one morning to meet Jesus Christ and a rabid mob demanding Jesus’ crucifixion. The Roman prefect, or governor, was very discomfited especially after getting a message from his ...

“Jesus is Taken down from the Cross” by Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne (1854–1921), Courtesy of Saint Stephen’s House, University of Oxford. A Homily for Palm Sunday Readings: Mark 11:1-10 Isaiah ...

'Ecce Homo' (Behold the Man), by 19th-century painter Antonio Ciseri, depicts Pontius Pilate presenting Jesus to a crowd in Jerusalem. Tungsten/Galleria d'Arte Moderna via Wikimedia Commons It’s a ...

It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often inflicted on social ...