Pontius Pilate

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Roman governor historical figure person

Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea in the early 1st century CE, best known for presiding over the trial of Jesus and authorizing his crucifixion.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Pontius Pilate canonical 31
Pilate 2
PONTIUS PILATUS 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman governor ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
person ⓘ
appointedBy Tiberius ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ
surface form: crucifixion of Jesus

trial of Jesus ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
conflict tensions with Jewish religious authorities ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire ⓘ
employer Roman Empire ⓘ
endTime 36 CE ⓘ
ethnicGroup Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form: Romans
governedTerritory Idumea ⓘ
Judea ⓘ
Samaria ⓘ
knownFor conflicts over religious images and standards ⓘ
harsh administration ⓘ
involvement in incidents of bloodshed ⓘ
languageSpoken Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
legalAction authorized crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ
legalRole Roman judicial authority in Judea ⓘ
mentionedIn Pauline Epistles ⓘ
surface form: 1 Timothy

Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
Apostles’ Creed ⓘ
Gospel of John ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ
Gospel of Mark ⓘ
Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
Nicene Creed ⓘ
notableFor authorizing the crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ
presiding over the trial of Jesus ⓘ
role in the Passion of Jesus ⓘ
occupation Roman prefect ⓘ
governor of Judea ⓘ
portrayedAs reluctant to condemn Jesus in Christian tradition ⓘ
positionHeld Prefect of Judea ⓘ
Roman governor of Judaea ⓘ
religion Roman paganism ⓘ
source Flavius Josephus ⓘ
surface form: Josephus

Philo of Alexandria ⓘ
Tacitus ⓘ
spouse Claudia ⓘ
surface form: Claudia Procula
startTime 26 CE ⓘ
subordinateTo Tiberius ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Tiberius

Roman governor of Syria ⓘ
timePeriod early 1st century CE ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jesus Christ → condemnedBy → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
Judea → associatedWithPerson → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
Crucifixion of Jesus → perpetratedBy → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
Trial of Jesus → hasParticipant → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
The King of Kings (1927 film) → portrays → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
INRI → writtenByOrderOf → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
Tacitus → wroteAbout → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
Caesarea Maritima → governorResidence → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
Passion narrative → keyPerson → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
Jesus Christ Superstar → portraysCharacter → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
A.D. The Bible Continues → featuresCharacter → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
Son of God (2014 film) → character → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
Pilate Dead → hasGivenName → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pilate
Scourging at the Pillar → associatedWithPerson → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
New Testament Passion narratives → containCharacter → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
Matthew 27 → mentions → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
Caiaphas → contemporaryOf → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
Passion plays → includesCharacter → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
Joseph of Arimathea → associatedWith → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
Barabbas → releasedBy → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
Yield → track → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pilate
Scala Sancta (Holy Stairs) nearby → associatedPerson → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
subject surface form: Scala Sancta
Pilate Stone → inscriptionMentions → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
Pilate Stone → associatedWith → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
Pilate Stone → inscriptionReconstructedTextIncludes → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
this entity surface form: PONTIUS PILATUS
Pilate Stone → inscriptionReconstructedTextIncludes → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
this entity surface form: PRAEFECTUS IUDAEAE
Clavius in Risen → allegiance → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
subject surface form: Clavius
Pontius Pilate’s Bodyguard → relatesToHistoricalFigure → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
The Last Temptation of Christ → mainCharacter → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot → featuresCharacter → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
The Master and Margarita → mainCharacter → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
The Master and Margarita → featuresCharacter → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
The Nazarene → hasCharacter → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
King of Kings → portrays → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
Behold the Man → associatedWith → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
Rex Iudaeorum → usedBy → Pontius Pilate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pontius Pilate (ascribed in Gospel narratives)