Pilate in a sentence

If I had longer, I'd hire one of the banana-yellow flat-bottom boats bobbing about in the harbour and head out to Pilate's Grottoes, a series of caves carved out by hand, which legend has it, once belonged to Pontius Pilate.

Pilate, clearly disturbed by the whole ordeal, pleads with Jesus to defend himself; but Jesus says weakly that everything has been determined, by God, and Pilate cannot change it.

He's tasked with painting anti-Roman slogans on Pilate's (Palin) palace, only to be corrected for his appalling Latin grammar by a Roman officer and forced to paint the corrected slogans 100 times.

Leges Prudentia states that he would have dragged Pontius Pilate, Judas Iscariot, the Pharisees and Sadducees and everyone who had a hand in the case to court.

One of Warren's attorneys, Cheryl Pilate, said she and other attorneys continue looking into cases Golubski worked.

They serve as Jesus, Pilate, narrators, etc. It’s really a bonding time for our local churches.

The economic fallout has been immediate and brutal, said Anton Preisinger, who was going to play Pilate, the Roman governor who orders Jesus’ crucifixion.

During that sham trial, Pontius Pilate afforded more rights to Jesus than Democrats have afforded this president in this process," Loudermilk said.

I doubt Pontius Pilate knew the true significance of his words when he insisted on posting a sign that heralded Jesus as "The King of the Jews" (John 19:19-22).

Just like Pilate’s character, the stepped-stone street will remain a crossroads for religious and political controversy.

Therefore, he cannot like Pontius Pilate wash off his hands with respect to the illegal detention of Sowore by the State Security Service.

A member of the Roman delegation to Metellanus’s tribe fathered a child with a Caledonian woman, and this child subsequently returned to Rome with his parents, and was brought up as Pontius Pilate.

Archaeologists discovered that a ring found 50 years ago near Bethlehem belonged to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Jerusalem who ordered Jesus to be crucified.

In fact, Pontius Pilate and Jesus are the ones I remember.

In the gospel of Luke 13:1-9 our Lord Jesus Christ told his followers, “There were some present at that very time who told Jesus of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Like Pontius Pilate, President Mnangagwa, will never wash the innocent blood he has shed.

Pontius Pilate or planning minister Anthony Roberts?

That Pontius Pilate is a historical figure cannot be denied — even to those who would try to discredit the biblical account, for his name has been found in at least one archaeological discovery.

The film portrays Pilate as a conniving bureaucrat who publicly proclaims loyalty to the ideals of the Roman Empire, but it is clear that he is mainly concerned about his position and power.

After authorizing the crucifixion, Pilate suffers an agony of regret and turns his anger on Judas, ordering him assassinated.