So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood; see to it yourselves.” Then the people as a whole answered, “His blood be on us and on our...

I’ll be honest, I don’t follow basketball all that much anymore, but beyond having so many friends avidly following the “March madness” that culminates this weekend, I used to spend hours upon hours shooting hoops with guys from the neighborhood while in junior high school. We’d talk...

Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed. The governor again said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas.” Pilate said to them, “Then what should I do with Jesus who is...

It’s Friday. That’s probably about all I need to say about the following post. Okay, maybe just a little more. I was seriously taken by these pictures by Eloy Morales. And I think you will be, too. Look carefully – what do you see?   Odd, unusual perhaps, but look a...

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for today I have suffered a great deal because of a dream about him.” This is a detail unique to Matthew. No other gospel says anything about Pilate’s wife. In fact, to the...