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Pontius Pilate, Roman governor of the territory comprising Judĉa, Samaria, and a large part of Idumĉa, after about 6 A.D. "After the Sanhedrin had condemned Jesus to death they came to Pilate, evidently expecting that he would ratify their decision without investigation (John xviii. 28-31.). This, however, he refused to do. The Jews therefore presented charges of corrupt teaching, interference with tribute, and false claims of kingship against Jesus, which brought him within the sphere of civil law." (The New International Encyclopaedia, Vol XVIII, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920, 621-622.)
J. N. Larned, Larned's History of the World, Vol. II (New York: World Syndicate, 1915) Frontispiece. (Christ before Pilate, from the painting by Mihály Munkácsy)
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