Biblical Historical Findings on the Pilate Inscription

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Biblical Historical Findings on the Pilate Inscription

2023-03-02T09:35:44+01:00

By Marie

There has been a lot of Biblical History since ancient times. The Bible is the written word of God, it was God-breathed to human writers and is useful for edifying and teaching believers in the way of God, according to 2 Timothy 3:16-17.One of these Biblical Findings is the Pilate Inscription. Pontius Pilate was the fifth governor of the Roman Province of Judea. Serving under Emperor Tiberius. He is best known as the official who resided over the trial of Jesus Christ and ultimately ordered his crucifixion.Pilate was known as the best governor that the city of Judea ever had, and few sources regarding his rule are still in existence. One of the sources is his inscription on a stone which is called Pilate Inscription.It was found in Caesarea on the Mediterranean Coast. The tablet bears an inscription mentioning the name of Pontius Pilate, the procurator of Judea.The Pilate stone is a damaged block of carved limestone with a partially intact inscription attributed to, and mentioning, Pontius Pilate, a prefect of the Roman province of Judea from AD 26 to 36.It was discovered at the archaeological site of Caesarea Maritima in 1961.The Inscription verifies the existence of Pilate during the time of Jesus as exactly written in the Biblical Narrative. The findings are interesting from an educational point of view, and it validates the historical accuracy of the Bible.The artifact is particularly significant because it is an archaeological find of an authentic 1st-century Roman inscription mentioning the name “[Pont]ius Pilatus”.It is contemporary to Pilate’s lifetime, and accords with what is known of his reported career.In effect, the inscription constitutes the earliest surviving, and only contemporary, record of Pilate, who is otherwise known from the New Testament, the Jewish historian Josephus and writer Philo, and brief references by Roman historians such as Tacitus.ALSO READ: Archaeologists Uncover Early Christian Church