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Pontius Pilate. Pontius Pilate (/ËpÉnáµÊÉs ËpaÉªlÉt/ or /ËpÉnti.És ËpaÉªlÉt/; Latin: Pontius PÄ«lÄtus, Greek: ÏÏÎ½ÏÎ¹Î¿Ï ÏÎ¹Î»Î¬ÏÎ¿Ï, Pontios PÄ«lÄtos) was the governor of the Roman province of Judaea from AD 26 until 36. He was the sixth Procurator of Judaea.
Because Barabbas, a political terrorist and criminal, was the Sanhedrin's preferred candidate. Pontius Pilate did not realize that the people of Jerusalem, who hated the Roman presence in Jerusalem and were fiercely loyal to their leaders, would never accept Pilate's choice.ilate gives the crowd a choice. Pilate saw this as an opportune moment. He was convinced Jesus was innocent, and he clearly did not want to release Barabbas, who was more of a political threat to the Romans than Jesus was.