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  • NAME: Pontius Pilate
  • OCCUPATION: Religious Leader
  • AKA: Pontius Pilatus

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Pontius Pilate was a Roman governor under the emperor of Tiberius in the 1st century. He is best known as the judge of Jesus' trial.

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Pontius Pilate was a Roman governor under the emperor of Tiberius in the 1st century. According to the Christian Gospels, Pilate presided over the trial of Jesus and authorized his crucifixion. Little is known about the rest of Pilate's life besides what is stated in the Gospels and Germanic folklore, but he is almost always cast as playing a central role in stories about the life of Jesus Christ.

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