Pontius Pilate Reflection

Pontius Pilate Pontius Pilate was a very insightful book that kept me engaged and interested as I learned about the world that Jesus lived in. I read 100% of the book and was very effected through reading it. One of the greatest ways this book effected me was opening my eyes to the reality of the world that the gospels talk about. This book helped to bring the story of Jesus into more of a reality instead of just a Bible story. This book taught me both of the world of the old testament and brought to light new things about Jesus and His crucifixion. First, I learned how adamant the Jews were about their faith and keeping their laws. Before reading this book, I did not understand the seriousness that the Jews put in their faith. One

I always focused on Jesus’ role in His death, but when I read about Pontius Pilate’s reaction it brought a whole new view of Jesus’ death and resurrection to me. Pilate knew Jesus was innocent and the book states on page 244 that “Pilate’s conscious would not allow him to condemn an innocent man.” This reaffirms Jesus’s holiness to me. This man was a Roman who was used to not caring about Jews and being the dominant race willing to kill people off, but Pilate knew He should not kill Jesus. Pilate saw the love in Jesus’ eyes and recognized the authority in Jesus. I always knew that Jesus died for us and also those who killed him, but reading this book made this fact so much more real. On page 254, a Centurion asks Pilate, “whom did we crucify,” it was so obvious that something powerful had taken place that evening, even a Roman soldier recognized it. Knowing this, I realized that Jesus did not just dye for us in the future, but even for Pilate and those crucifying Him. He really cared and was witnessing even in his death. Pilates wife and good friend Cornelius became followers of this man he crucified. Reading about Romans who converted shows how real the resurrection really was because they were so anti-monotheism, but they saw the truth and followed it. Many times I view the death of Christ as just a story, but no, reading this book really helped it to become a real event in History. Christ’s death effected every one even the Romans involved in His death. Overall, I think that this book opened my eyes to many different areas surrounding the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. I learned about the way of life of the Jews and was able to understand better why the Jews did what they did. Seeing this story from the view of the Romans was very eye opening for