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 ...

On The Innocence of Pontius Pilate, by David Lloyd Dusenbury. To make that case, Dusenbury digs deep into ancient responses to Jesus’s trial, be they Christian, Jewish, or pagan. Luke, in his gospel ...

(The Conversation) — Throughout history, Christians have often believed Pontius Pilate was reluctant to condemn Jesus. History suggests otherwise, a scholar explains. (The Conversation) — It’s a ...