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 ...

Pilate watched as the Roman guards escorted Jesus to the pillar. He watched on as they left the courtyard, away from sight. Jesus returned to the palace with the Roman guards.

A detail from “Christ before Pilate,” by Mihály Munkácsy (1881). Based on John 18 and 19 and Luke 23, it depicts Jesus standing between his accusers and a hesitant Roman governor Pontius Pilate.

When Pilate refused, they fell prostrate around his palace and for five whole days and nights remained motionless in that position. Josephus continues the account, writing that Pilate invited the ...

On the Sunday an army courier ran to the palace of Pontius Pilate, Roman governor of Judaea. His urgent message from duty command at the Antonia Fort garrison told him that Jesus's grave was empty.

It would be understandable if Andrew James Allen felt pressure ahead of starring in “The Chosen.” In the fifth season of the Christian drama series, Allen portrays Pontius Pilate, the Roman ...

(The Conversation) — It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers.

A Roman governor ordered Jesus’ crucifixion – so why did many Christians blame Jews for centuries? By Nathanael Andrade , Binghamton University, State University of New York Updated April 12 ...

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 ...