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The Church historian Eusebius of Caesarea ( writing c. 325 ), shows no acquaintance with this work, although he was aware of " Letters of Pilate " referred to by Justin and Tertullian.

He was also aware of an anti-Christian text called Acts of Pilate, which was prescribed for reading in schools under the emperor Maximinus during the Diocletianic Persecution.

" We are forced to admit that Christian Acts of Pilate is of later origin, and scholars agree in assigning it to the middle of the fourth century.

" Epiphanius refers to an Acta Pilati ( c. 376 ), but the extant Greek texts show evidence of later editing.