PILATE’S REPORT,Chapter 5 of Who Crucified Christ by Ogden Kraut

PILATE’S REPORT,Chapter 5 of Who Crucified Christ by Ogden Kraut

And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him. (Luke 23:13-14)

This chapter deals with a rare manuscript written by Pilate, the Roman Governor over Judea. In his Bible handbook, Henry Halley gives an excellent overview of the relationship between Pilate and Jesus:

Pilate was Roman governor of Judea, 26-37 AD. He assumed office about the time that Jesus began his public ministry. His official residence was at Caesarea. He came to Jerusalem at time of Feasts to keep order. He was merciless, cruel, noted for his habitual brutality. Like the Roman emperors of his day, he rather enjoyed the spectacle of the torture and death of a man. At one time he had mingled the blood of Galileans with their sacrifices. (Lk 13:1)