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Pontius Pilate

Pontius Pilate

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Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea who presided over the trial of Jesus Christ and authorized His crucifixion, despite finding no fault in Him.

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Where Pontius Pilate appears

22 verses across 4 books.

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Verses mentioning Pontius Pilate

  • 1Tim 6:13 — I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
  • Acts 3:13 — The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him
  • Acts 4:27 — For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
  • Acts 13:28 — And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
  • Mark 15:1 — And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
  • Mark 15:2 — And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it.
  • Mark 15:4 — And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.
  • Mark 15:5 — But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.
  • Mark 15:9 — But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
  • Mark 15:12 — And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?
  • Mark 15:14 — Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
  • Mark 15:15 — And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
  • Mark 15:43 — Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
  • Mark 15:44 — And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
  • Matt 27:2 — And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
  • Matt 27:13 — Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
  • Matt 27:17 — Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
  • Matt 27:22 — Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
  • Matt 27:24 — When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see
  • Matt 27:58 — He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
  • Matt 27:62 — Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
  • Matt 27:65 — Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
Voices from the tradition

The Church Fathers on Pontius Pilate

Patristic commentary on the Scriptures that name Pontius Pilate.

But we learn no such fact from the Acts of the Apostles in that ejaculation of the Church to God, "Of a truth, Lord, against Thy Holy Child Jesus, whom Thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and the people of Israel were gathered together." These then testified both that Jesus was the Son of God, and that…

What is this deposit? Is it so secret as to be supposed to characterize a new doctrine? or is it a part of that charge of which he says, "This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy? " and also of that precept of which he says, "I charge thee in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Jesus Christ who witnessed a good…

Again he calls God to witness, as he had done a little before, at once to increase his disciple's awe, and to secure his safety, and to show that these were not human commandments, that receiving the commandment as from the Lord Himself, and ever bearing in mind the Witness before Whom he heard it, he may have it more fearfully…

I charge you before God, who gives life to all things, and Christ Jesus, who testified before Pontius Pilate the good confession, to keep the commandment without spot, blameless, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ. Again Paul makes God a witness, both increasing the fear and making the disciple more secure, because he has in…

But how? They brought him bound. It was the custom that such men were brought bound and marked as condemned to death. And it signified that just as he destroyed our death by his death, so he destroyed the bonds of our sins by his bonds. And they delivered him to Pontius Pilate. And why? There is a threefold reason. One, the literal,…

Historic voices touch this life

31 passages from 12 historic works cite verses that mention Pontius Pilate.