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Historic Letter Written by Pontus Pilate to Tiberius Caesar?
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| 35 AD
| Pontus Pilate???
Posted on 02/06/2021 12:06:10 PM PST by OneVike
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If this letter had any truly historical evidence to back up the claim of the author, then it would obviously be one of the most powerful pieces of evidence to back up the events of the Scriptures. Yet, the evidence we all ready have to support the events of Jesus ministry and his purpose are more pervasive than the secular World will ever admit, and if the letter were genuine, the secular World would never accept it as so anyway.
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posted on
02/06/2021 12:06:10 PM PST
by
OneVike
To: OneVike
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posted on
02/06/2021 12:13:53 PM PST
by
A strike
( McConnell and Pence to Gitmo. Barr and Fauxi to Florence supermax. Roberts to Terre Haute.)
To: A strike
OOPs, oh well. I have it correct in the tile. Life can be trying at times. I need to find a good proof reader to double check things I write. I corrected it on my blog though.
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posted on
02/06/2021 12:17:04 PM PST
by
OneVike
(Just another Christian waiting to go home)
To: OneVike
Doesn’t pass the smell test.
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posted on
02/06/2021 12:21:03 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Pathetic Pierre Delecto, the Pestiferous Potentate of Enchanted Chones.)
To: OneVike
I researched this letter a while ago. I think it can be traced back to the third century. It can’t be authenticated as being written by Pilate.
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posted on
02/06/2021 12:24:55 PM PST
by
Spok
(All free men are equal only in their freedom; everything else is up to them.)
To: OneVike
I think Pilate is one of the most enigmatic figures in the Bible, and there is much speculation outside of the gospels in legend and tradition that leaves his ultimate fate and destiny quite ambiguous.
I find it interesting that in the Gospel of John, Pilate takes Christ inside the praetorium where no Jew would go for fear of defilement. Yet, the details of the exchange between Pilate and Christ are documented with great specificity. It stands to reason that at least one party to that conversation became Christian at some point so as to relate the account to the writer of John.
For me, one of the most subtle but powerful passages in Mel Gibson's "Passion," is that scene where Pilate addresses Christ in Aramaic, and Christ responds to him in Latin. The actor portraying Pilate is caught off guard, and realizes this is no ordinary prisoner, or man before him.
Certain, Pilate's role in Christ's crucifixion is clear from scripture, but one can only muse as to what became of him later. His wife certainly understood that there was a power greater than Rome at work, and I suspect he did to.
I think in many ways, we all face our Pilate moment(s) in life, and in many ways he is us.
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I present you a letter supposedly written by Pontus Pilate.
It has to do the happenings in Judea
the Emperor needs to be aware of. Supposedly
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posted on
02/06/2021 12:27:27 PM PST
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OneVike
(Just another Christian waiting to go home)
To: Spok
Interesting. Can you share the info that proves it was around that long?
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posted on
02/06/2021 12:28:55 PM PST
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OneVike
(Just another Christian waiting to go home)
To: OneVike
How many calves did he have to skin to write such a long letter?
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posted on
02/06/2021 12:29:00 PM PST
by
monkeyshine
(live and let live is dead)
To: OneVike
Pretty sure this is the material mentioned by E J Godspeed in hi very fine “Modern Apocrypha” along with many other works described as “pious forgeries.” I wouldn’t put too much stock in it.
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posted on
02/06/2021 12:30:04 PM PST
by
D_Idaho
("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
To: OneVike
I’ve read it is a medieval fake to give artists of the time something to base their paintings of Jesus on.
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posted on
02/06/2021 12:31:55 PM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.)
To: A strike
Yeah, 747 pilot. Way, way out there!!!!
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posted on
02/06/2021 12:34:08 PM PST
by
RetiredArmy
(Free Will. GOD gives you the choice I accept or reject Him! Choose Him. It depends on you.)
To: Joe 6-pack
I agree.
Pilate was put in a spot that he could not easily get out of.
Should he crucify this innocent man, or let him go.
He felt a good flogging would have alleviated the anger of the Jewish leaders, but it didn’t.
Then he knew that he would be crucified by Rome if he allowed the problem to escalate, and took the easy route, and allowed Jesus to be crucified. Thus the prophecy of the Priest who said it is more expedient for one to die, than for many to suffer.
Had he come to be saved one day, we will never know until we are in heaven.
However, the fact we know that after this he was closer to Herod and the Jewish leaders than before.
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posted on
02/06/2021 12:34:45 PM PST
by
OneVike
(Just another Christian waiting to go home)
To: OneVike
Why would a Roman governor write a long and detailed letter about what, to him, would have been a massively inconsequential event?
Not buying into this.
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posted on
02/06/2021 12:37:47 PM PST
by
pepsi_junkie
(Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
To: OneVike
Pilate was put in a spot that he could not easily get out of. There are those who suggest that Pilate is portrayed positively for the same reason the early Christians broke with the Jews on a lot of their rituals and purity laws: they were evangelizing to the Romans and wanted to appeal to them. So it wasn't a Roman that executed Jesus, his hands were simply tied and he protested it then.
These are the thoughts of historians who read the Gospels not as the inspired word of God but rather historical documents written decades or more after the events. So take it for what it's worth.
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posted on
02/06/2021 12:44:13 PM PST
by
pepsi_junkie
(Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
To: OneVike
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posted on
02/06/2021 12:46:52 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
(Quid Pro Joe and the Ho ain't my president.)
To: A strike
He had an airplane and a solo license.
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posted on
02/06/2021 12:52:28 PM PST
by
BipolarBob
(It's all fun and games until Mrs. Bipolar catches me posting on Free Republic without permission.)
To: pepsi_junkie
Interesting. I’ll have to ponder that, because it makes sense. The authors of the Gospels and the epistles never blamed Rome. If anything they lay the blame at the feet of the Jewish religious leaders, while also admitting the sins of mankind put Jesus on the cross.
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posted on
02/06/2021 12:52:37 PM PST
by
OneVike
(Just another Christian waiting to go home)
To: OneVike; RetiredArmy; BipolarBob
Is it not Pontius Pilate ?
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posted on
02/06/2021 1:01:38 PM PST
by
A strike
( McConnell and Pence to Gitmo. Barr and Fauxi to Florence supermax. Roberts to Terre Haute.)
To: OneVike
Sounds very 19th century, later 19th century to me.
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posted on
02/06/2021 1:06:12 PM PST
by
TalBlack
(We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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