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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The Russian authorities have arrested Alexey Smirnov, the former head of the country’s embattled Kursk region. Smirnov stands ...

How can we sure Jesus existed? Who did he think he was? What were his intentions? A look at what we know about what happened ...