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As long as his actions were not so egregious as to incite widespread opposition or to imperil the privileges that he and society's other elites enjoyed, a guy in Pilate's position could and, in Rome's eyes, should do whatever was necessary to promote Rome's prerogatives and assert its dominance.
Matthew L. Skinner: Pontius Pilate v. Jesus: Was It A Fair Trial? Matthew L. Skinner 2011
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Throughout history Christians have tried to get into Pilate's and Judas' heads, subjecting them to all sorts of speculative scrutiny.
Matthew L. Skinner: Pontius Pilate v. Jesus: Was It A Fair Trial? Matthew L. Skinner 2011
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Throughout history Christians have tried to get into Pilate's and Judas' heads, subjecting them to all sorts of speculative scrutiny.
Matthew L. Skinner: Pontius Pilate v. Jesus: Was It A Fair Trial? Matthew L. Skinner 2011
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Drawing from New Testament passages that refer to Jesus as innocent (Luke 23:47), suffering unjustly (1 Peter 2:18-23), and guilty of nothing that would warrant a death sentence (Acts 13:28), they conclude that Pilate's main failing was negligence.
Matthew L. Skinner: Pontius Pilate v. Jesus: Was It A Fair Trial? Matthew L. Skinner 2011
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As long as his actions were not so egregious as to incite widespread opposition or to imperil the privileges that he and society's other elites enjoyed, a guy in Pilate's position could and, in Rome's eyes, should do whatever was necessary to promote Rome's prerogatives and assert its dominance.
Matthew L. Skinner: Pontius Pilate v. Jesus: Was It A Fair Trial? Matthew L. Skinner 2011
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Drawing from New Testament passages that refer to Jesus as innocent (Luke 23:47), suffering unjustly (1 Peter 2:18-23), and guilty of nothing that would warrant a death sentence (Acts 13:28), they conclude that Pilate's main failing was negligence.
Matthew L. Skinner: Pontius Pilate v. Jesus: Was It A Fair Trial? Matthew L. Skinner 2011
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We know much more about the authority of Pilate's office, as a prefect of a Roman province during the first half of the first century.
Matthew L. Skinner: Pontius Pilate v. Jesus: Was It A Fair Trial? Matthew L. Skinner 2011
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When you listen to the trial story, hear the cruel sarcasm in Pilate's voice as he menacingly considers aloud the fate of the "king" before him.
Matthew L. Skinner: Pontius Pilate v. Jesus: Was It A Fair Trial? Matthew L. Skinner 2011
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We know much more about the authority of Pilate's office, as a prefect of a Roman province during the first half of the first century.
Matthew L. Skinner: Pontius Pilate v. Jesus: Was It A Fair Trial? Matthew L. Skinner 2011
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When you listen to the trial story, hear the cruel sarcasm in Pilate's voice as he menacingly considers aloud the fate of the "king" before him.
Matthew L. Skinner: Pontius Pilate v. Jesus: Was It A Fair Trial? Matthew L. Skinner 2011
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