Pilate
In the Cave of Treasures Pilate appears during the events surrounding the crucifixion of Christ. When they stripped Him of the purple tunic that marked royalty, Pilate refused to let the Jews put ordinary clothes on Him and required instead the raiment of royalty in purple or scarlet so that His kingship would be plain.
Servants of Herod and of Pilate struggled with the Jews to rend the tunic and share it. After lots decided its owner, Pilate seized the garment by force and sent it to the Emperor Tiberius. The narrative stresses that even in death Christ retained the sign of royalty.
Biography
- Occupation
- Roman governor
- Era
- Roman Judea
- Nationality
- Roman
Key Chapters
Key Passages
Pilate in Cave of Treasures 78
The Cave of Treasures 78:1
And know thou also that Christ dwelt in Mary, and suffered in Nazareth, and was born in Bethlehem, and was laid in a man...
1nd know thou also that Christ dwelt in Mary, and suffered in Nazareth, and was born in Bethlehem, and was laid in a manger, and was carried by Simeon in the Temple of Solomon, and was reared in Galilee, and was anointed by Mary Magdalene, and ate the Passover in the house of Nicodemus, the brother of Joseph of Rametha, and was bound in the house of Hannan, and was struck with a reed in the house of Caiaphas, and embraced the pillar and was scourged with a whip in the Pratorium of Pilate, and on Friday, on the first day of Nisán (April), on the fourteenth day of the moon, our Redeemer suffered.
Pilate in Cave of Treasures 81
The Cave of Treasures 81:1
And when the end of all the Law and the Prophets had come, and Christ was hanging on the Cross, Joseph, the brother of N...
1nd when the end of all the Law and the Prophets had come, and Christ was hanging on the Cross, Joseph, the brother of Nicodemus and Cleophas, went in to Pilate—now he was the bearer of the seal-ring of Pilate, and was a councillor, and had free intercourse with him— and asked for the body of our Redeemer; and Pilate commanded that it should be given to him.
Pilate in Cave of Treasures 83
The Cave of Treasures 83:1
And when Joseph brought Him down from the Cross, he took away that inscription which was spread out above His head, that...
1nd when Joseph brought Him down from the Cross, he took away that inscription which was spread out above His head, that is to say, over the head of the Cross of Christ, because it had been written by Pilate in Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew. And why did Pilate write in it no word of the Syrians? Because the Syrians participated in no way whatsoever in the [shedding of the] blood of Christ.
Did You Know?
The book says Christ was scourged with a whip at the pillar in the Praetorium of Pilate.
Pilate would not allow Christ to be dressed in ordinary clothing, only in royal purple or scarlet.
He wrote the inscription over the Cross in Greek, Latin and Hebrew, and the book calls him a wise man and a lover of truth.
Joseph carried Pilate's seal-ring, and every letter of Pilate's administration was sealed with it.
Pilate gave Joseph both the body of Christ and the garden in which the grave lay.