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Pontius Pilate

Rome's governor in Jerusalem, a man of weary authority whose wife's haunted reverence for Jesus complicates the sentence he must eventually pronounce.

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Also known as Pilate, Pontius Pilatus

First appearance: Pontius Pilatus

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Mentioned as sharing Caiaphas's view of Jesus as a danger and agreeing to bring Him to an end.
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Pilate governs a restless province with soldiers and compromise, holding the peace by knowing when to look away. His wife, walking the groves outside the city, has seen Jesus and come home changed, her nights governed…

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