Pilate

Pilate is a ruler living at the time of the New Testament. He is named in 53 verses of the Bible, first in Matthew 27:2.

Verses

Matthew

• Matthew 27:2
  And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor.
• Matthew 27:13
  Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?Then Pilate asked Him, “Do You not hear how many charges they are bringing against You?”
• Matthew 27:17
  Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?So when the crowd had assembled, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”
• Matthew 27:22
  Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.“What then should I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify Him!”
• Matthew 27:24
  When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
• Matthew 27:58
  He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.
• Matthew 27:62
  Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.
• Matthew 27:65
  Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.“You have a guard,” Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”

Mark

• Mark 15:1
  And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.Early in the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin devised a plan. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.
• Mark 15:2
  And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it.So Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
• Mark 15:4
  And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.Then Pilate questioned Him again, “Have You no answer? Look how many charges they are bringing against You!”
• Mark 15:5
  But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.But to Pilate’s amazement, Jesus made no further reply.
• Mark 15:9
  But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?“Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” Pilate asked.
• Mark 15:12
  And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?So Pilate asked them again, “What then do you want me to do with the One you call the King of the Jews?”
• Mark 15:14
  Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”
• Mark 15:15
  And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
• Mark 15:43
  Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.
• Mark 15:44
  And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.

Luke

• Luke 3:1
  Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
• Luke 13:1
  There were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
• Luke 23:1
  And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.Then the whole council rose and led Jesus away to Pilate.
• Luke 23:3
  And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
• Luke 23:4
  Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”
• Luke 23:6
  When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilean.When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.
• Luke 23:11
  And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.
• Luke 23:12
  And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.
• Luke 23:13
  And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,
• Luke 23:20
  Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again,
• Luke 23:24
  And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.So Pilate sentenced that their demand be met.
• Luke 23:52
  This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.

John

• John 18:29
  Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?So Pilate went out to them and asked, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”
• John 18:31
  Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:“You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied.
• John 18:33
  Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?Pilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned Jesus, and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
• John 18:35
  Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?“Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?”
• John 18:37
  Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”
• John 18:38
  Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.“What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against Him.
• John 19:1
  Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.
• John 19:4
  Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.Once again Pilate came out and said to the Jews, “Look, I am bringing Him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against Him.”
• John 19:6
  When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.”
• John 19:8
  When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid,
• John 19:10
  Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?So Pilate said to Him, “Do You refuse to speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You and authority to crucify You?”
• John 19:12
  And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Cesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cesar.From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”
• John 19:13
  When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, which in Hebrew is Gabbatha.
• John 19:15
  But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Cesar.At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.
• John 19:19
  And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.Pilate also had a notice posted on the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
• John 19:21
  Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but only that He said, ‘I am the King of the Jews.’”
• John 19:22
  Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”
• John 19:31
  The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.
• John 19:38
  And after this Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.

Acts

• Acts 3:13
  The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
• Acts 4:27
  For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
• Acts 13:28
  And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.

1 Timothy

• 1 Timothy 6:13
  I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:

Notes

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