Second Temple
Pontius Pilate
Roman prefect of Judea (AD 26–36) who tried Jesus, declared Him innocent three times, and handed Him over to be crucified anyway.
Family & dates
- Lifespan
- 20 BC – 39 AD (59 years)
- Era
- Second Temple
Scripture references
Notes & controversies
- The Gospels present Pilate as reluctant and pressured by the crowd, while Josephus and Philo describe a harsher governor; both pictures may be true of a man whose position with Rome had grown precarious by AD 30.