All four Gospels state that, on the evening of the crucifixion, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus, and that, after Pilate granted his request, he wrapped Jesus ' body in a linen cloth and laid it in a tomb.

The Gospel of Mark states that when Joseph asked for Jesus ' body, Pilate was shocked that Jesus was already dead, and he summoned a centurion to confirm this before dispatching the body to Joseph.

For instance, after Joseph asked Pilate for the body of the Christ, and prepared the body with Nicodemus ' help, Christ's body was delivered to a new tomb that Joseph had built for himself.

Pilate asked what they would have him do with Jesus, and they demanded, " Crucify him " ().

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The Gospel of Luke also reports that such questions were asked of Jesus ; in Luke's case it being the priests that repeatedly accused him, though Luke states that Jesus remained silent to such inquisition, causing Pilate to hand Jesus over to the jurisdiction ( Galilee ) of Herod Antipas.

The mice that freed Aslan from his ropes at the Stone Table might be a reference to when Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus Christ to bury in the tomb.

# When Joseph requested Jesus ' body from the cross ( Mark 15: 43 ), Pilate asked a centurion if Jesus was already dead ( Mark 15: 44 ).

Following Jesus ' death on Friday, Joseph of Arimathea asked the permission of Pilate to remove the body.

According to the Gospel of Mark, generally thought to be the oldest of the gospels, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pontius Pilate for the body of Jesus.

For example, the Jews are said to be responsible for Jesus ' crucifixion, with Pontius Pilate finding no wrong in him.

The key phrase " at the suggestion of the principal men among us " reads instead " Pilate condemned him to be crucified ".

And when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him.

Vermes states that the Testomonium provides Josephus ' authentic portrayal of Jesus, depicting him as a wise teacher and miracle worker with an enthusiastic group of followers who remained faithful to him after his crucifixion by Pilate, up to the time of Josephus.

Pilate's rank while he was governor of Iudaea province appeared in a Latin inscription on the Pilate Stone which called him a prefect, while this Tacitean passage calls him a procurator.

After the trial, Jesus was handed over to Pontius Pilate, who duly tried him again and, at the urging of the people, had him crucified.

Pilate had Jesus flogged and then brought him out to the crowd to release him.

In the Gospel of Matthew, Pilate washes his hands to show that he was not responsible for the execution of Jesus and reluctantly sends him to his death.

We find in the Gospel of John, Pilate states “ I find no guilt in him ” and he asks the Jews if Jesus should be released from custody.

According to the canonical Christian Gospels, Pilate presided at the trial of Jesus and, despite stating that he personally found him not guilty of a crime meriting death, handed him over to crucifixion.

According to the New Testament, Jesus was brought to Pilate by the Sanhedrin, who had arrested Jesus and questioned him themselves.

The Gospel of Luke records that members of the Sanhedrin then took Jesus before Pilate where they accused him of sedition against Rome by opposing the payment of taxes to Caesar and calling himself a king.

Pilate appears to have been reluctant to allow the crucifixion of Jesus, finding no fault with him.

Pilate ordered a sign posted above Jesus on the cross stating " Jesus of Nazareth, The King of the Jews " to give public notice of the legal charge against him for his crucifixion.

` Abdu ' l-Bahá claimed that Mary travelled to Rome and spoke before the Emperor Tiberius, which is presumably why Pilate was later recalled to Rome for his cruel treatment of the Jews ( a tradition also attested to in the Eastern Orthodox Church ).

' The woman who was photographed as Pontius Pilate was quoted as saying, ' Christians believe the Jews killed Jesus ; that is why there is so much anti-Semitism in the world.

Its residents include those angels who did not fight at all in the war that resulted in the expulsion of Lucifer from Heaven and also either Pope Celestine V or Pontius Pilate ( the text is ambiguous ).

In the Gospel of Luke, Pilate not only agrees that Jesus did not conspire against Rome, but Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch of Galilee, also finds nothing treasonable in Jesus ' actions.

It has been asserted that Pilate may have been born in Fortingall, Perthshire, in Scotland, the illegitimate son of a Roman ambassador sent to pacify the Picts and a Pictish girl, but the Romans did not invade Britain until some years after Pilate's birth and appear to have had relatively little contact with that part of Scotland even then.

Chapter 35 -" And that these things did happen, you can ascertain from the Acts of Pontius Pilate.

Justin the Martyr wrote, " And that these things did happen, you can ascertain from the Acts of Pontius Pilate.

Pilate did not heed his wife's warning.

Pilate tells the priests to judge Jesus themselves, to which they respond they lack authority to do so.

There are many other legends about Pilate in the folklore of Germany, particularly about his birth, according to which Pilate was born in the Franconian city of Forchheim or the small village of Hausen only 5 km away from it.

He starred Pilate many times over the little-studied fifties, when it comes to the performances of Christ: The Living Christ Series ( his character was on hand from 1952 to 1957 ) and as well in I Beheld His Glory ( 1952 ) and Day of Triumph ( 1954 )

The Gospel of Peter is more detailed in its account of the events after the Crucifixion than any of the canonical gospels, and it varies from the canonical accounts in numerous details: Herod gives the order for the execution, not Pilate, who is exonerated ; Joseph ( of Arimathea, which place is not mentioned ) has been acquainted with Pilate ; in the darkness that accompanied the crucifixion, " many went about with lamps, supposing that it was night, and fell down ".

The scene in The Bacchae wherein Dionysus appears before King Pentheus on charges of claiming divinity is compared to the New Testament scene of Jesus being interrogated by Pontius Pilate.

In the morning, the whole assembly brought Jesus to the Roman governor Pontius Pilate under charges of subverting the nation, opposing taxes to Caesar, and making himself a king ().

After Jesus ' return from Herod's court, Pilate publicly declares that he finds Jesus to be innocent of the charges, but the crowd insists on capital punishment.

Hammer was also sued by a former producer, Felton Pilate ( who is also a member of the successful R & B band, Con Funk Shun ) and by several of his former backers, and faced charges that performance troupe members endured an abusive, militaristic atmosphere.

Another parallel has been drawn to how in the Bacchae Dionysus appears before King Pentheus on charges of claiming divinity and is compared to the New Testament scene of Jesus being interrogated by Pontius Pilate.