Pontius

Anthony Pontius is showing a new collection of his lovely, dark, phantasmagoric paintings at Seattle's Roq La Rue Gallery.

Boing Boing 2009

I can’t imagine Chris Pontius is too happy about this.

OW, MY BALLS! 2007

The Roman Emperor had to recall Pontius Pilate to Rome for excess brutality.

USO Sending Paris Hilton Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson to Iraq 2006

The earlier name Pontius suggests the family of the Pontii, of Samnite origin, well-known in Roman history.

Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters George Milligan

From California, family and friends texted and called Pontius with congratulatory messages.

The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com 2011

1“Behold the man” is, of course, the phrase that Pontius Pilate uses when he presents Jesus to the hostile crowd in the Bible John 19:5, though Yeats may not have intended so specific an identification.

Under The Moon William Butler Yeats 1995

1“Behold the man” is, of course, the phrase that Pontius Pilate uses when he presents Jesus to the hostile crowd in the Bible John 19:5, though Yeats may not have intended so specific an identification.

Under The Moon William Butler Yeats 1995

Hugo "Pontius" Llorens has gone on vacation, according to were kidnapped by hooded, armed men, and murdered.

Mercury Rising 鳯女 2009

"Mr. President, the Haitian authorities can no longer, like Pontius Pilate, wash their hands of all responsibility in this matter," the letter said.

Murder, Torture Not on List of Charges Against Duvalier Ingrid Arnesen 2012

"By creating institutions such as the Convention on Biological Diversity that seek to smother biotechnology at birth," Calestous Juma tells me, "sections of the U.N. are no more than the Pontius Pilate of innovation."

Why Deny Biotech to a Hungry Africa? Matt Ridley 2011