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Revision as of 11:30, 25 March 2008
Pontius Pilate was the Roman Consul who ordered Jesus' execution.
When Christianity became widespread in the Roman Empire a few hundred years later, the Roman authorities decided it would be better for the Jews to take the blame for the death of Jesus rather than themselves; thus it became an accepted legend that Pilate wanted to save Jesus, but was forced by the Jews to execute Him, representing, possibly, an early example of anti-Semitism. However, a much more plausible reason for Pilate's reluctance to act is that things aren't as simple as people like them to be. Pilate had political and personal problems - his wife warned him about bad dreams she had about the man he knew as Jesus, and he also knew that someone claiming to be King of the Jews was painting himself as a rebel:
Since none of this would sit well in Rome, it put Pilate in a political bind.