Quotes about Pilate
As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.”
— John 19:6
In virtue of the name of Pontius Pilate being connected with Him, the life and passion of Jesus Christ is an event in the same world history in which our life also takes place.
— Karl Barth
When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.
— Luke 23:6
Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.
— John 19:1
“What then should I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify Him!”
— Matthew 27:22
“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”
— Matthew 27:23
When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid,
— John 19:8
So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but only that He said, ‘I am the King of the Jews.’”
— John 19:21
And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.
— Acts 13:28
The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.
— Matthew 27:62
Then the whole council rose and led Jesus away to Pilate.
— Luke 23:1
And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
— Mark 15:15