Brutal tyrant or reluctant judge? Pilate’s encounter with Christ exposes the cost of power, fear, and placating the crowd.

Over the past 2,000 years, it was common for some Christians to deem Pilate almost blameless for Jesus’ death and treat Jews ...

Nathanael Andrade explores the historical record to puncture a "misreading" that has often come back to haunt Jews come ...

History suggests otherwise, a scholar explains. (The Conversation) — It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his ...

A Scottish legend claims the Roman governor who ordered Jesus' crucifixion may have been born in this Highland village ...

Easter is supposed to be a happy time, but all I can think of is the people who persecuted Jesus. At a time when Christians ...

In this photo provided by WWE, Roman Reigns, center, holds up his WWE heavyweight and universal championship belts after ...

GANDVIK/BROOKLYN MUSEUM VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence ...

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. dissented. A group of Venezuelan migrants had been scheduled to be flown out ...

A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...