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The Pilate Stone, Caesarea Maritima, the only known contemporary inscription naming Pontius Pilate
The Pilate Stone, Caesarea Maritima, the only known contemporary inscription naming Pontius PilateMarion Doss · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

What happened to Pontius Pilate?

The man who sentenced Jesus to death basically disappears from the Bible immediately afterward. So what happened to Pontius Pilate?

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  1. The man who sentenced Jesus to death basically disappears from the Bible immediately afterward.
  2. PILATE WAS ROME'S GOVERNOR
  3. HE AUTHORIZED JESUS'S CRUCIFIXION
  4. PILATE KEPT GETTING INTO TROUBLE
  5. THEN A MASSACRE ENDED HIS CAREER
  6. ROME ORDERED HIM HOME
  7. THEN HISTORY LOSES HIM
  8. WHY PILATE KEEPS HIS ROLE

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