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Pontius Pilate
The Roman prefect who found no crime in Jesus yet delivered Him to be crucified, asking "What is truth?" (John 18-19).
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Pontius Pilate in Scripture
3 verses use this name, in 3 books. Open a book to read its mentions here. Text: Berean Standard Bible. Names repeat in Scripture — some of these verses may speak of another person called Pontius Pilate.
First namedLuke 3:1In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,Last named1 Timothy 6:13I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:
New Testament3 books · 3 mentions
Luke1 mention
Acts1 mention
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Other people MannaFest has a page for whose name the text uses in Luke 3, Acts 4 and 1 Timothy 6. Each card shows the verse it came from. Scripture reuses names freely, so a page behind a name here may belong to another person who shares it.
JosephThe rejected-then-exalted son — Genesis's great Christ-type; preserver of his family and of Egypt; the bridge into Exod…Luke 3:23Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His ministry. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,
AbrahamCalled out of Ur, the father of all who believe, justified by faith, and the friend of God through whose seed all natio…Luke 3:8Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
AnnasFormer high priest and father-in-law of Caiaphas, before whom Jesus was first examined (John 18:13,19-24).Luke 3:2during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
CaiaphasThe high priest who counseled "that one man should die for the people" — an unwitting prophecy of the atonement (John 1…Luke 3:2during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
DavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.Luke 3:31the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
JudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line…Luke 3:30the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,
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