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• Pontius Pilate

  Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea who tried Jesus Christ and sentenced him to crucifixion. He appears in all four Gospels, and his name is included in the Apostles' Creed.

• Pilate's Wife

  Pilate's wife was the wife of Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor who tried Jesus. She appears only in Matthew 27:19, where, because of a dream, she sent word to her husband to have nothing to do with "that just man."

• Gospel of Nicodemus

  The Gospel of Nicodemus is an ancient Christian text that recounts the trial, death, and resurrection of Jesus and his descent into Hades. It is a New Testament apocryphal work not included in the canon and is also known as the Acts of Pilate.

• Trial of Jesus

  The trial of Jesus comprises the events from Jesus' arrest in Gethsemane, through his examination before the Jewish council and the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, to his sentencing to crucifixion. All four Gospels record it.

• Barabbas

  Barabbas was the prisoner whom Pontius Pilate, during the trial of Jesus, offered for release in keeping with the Passover custom. All four Gospels report that the crowd demanded his release instead of Jesus' and that he was set free.

• Luke 23

  Luke 23 records Jesus' trial before Pilate and Herod, his crucifixion and death, and his burial in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea.

• Mark 15

  Mark 15 recounts how Jesus was handed over to Pilate and tried, sentenced to crucifixion in place of Barabbas, put to death at Golgotha, and buried in a tomb by Joseph of Arimathea.

• Matthew 27

  This chapter records the events from Jesus' being handed over to the governor Pilate for trial, through His crucifixion and death at Golgotha, to His burial in a tomb. It also includes the death of Judas, the release of Barabbas, and the posting of a guard at the tomb.

• John 19

  John 19 records how, at the close of Pilate's trial, Jesus is crucified and dies, and how Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus bury his body in a new tomb.

• Crucifixion of Jesus

  The crucifixion is the event in which Jesus Christ, sentenced by the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, was nailed to a cross and died at Golgotha outside the walls of Jerusalem. All four Gospels record this event.

• Joseph of Arimathea

  Joseph of Arimathea was a member of the Jewish council who, after Jesus died on the cross, asked Pilate for the body and laid it in his own new tomb. He appears in all four Gospels.

• Caiaphas

  Caiaphas was the high priest in Jerusalem in the time of Jesus. He led the council that examined Jesus and handed him over to the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, and he is recorded as the son-in-law of Annas.

• Gabbatha

  Gabbatha is the name of a place in Jerusalem mentioned in John 19:13. It refers to the "Pavement" where Pontius Pilate sat on the judgment seat and presented Jesus before the Jews.

• Praetorium

  The Praetorium (Korean *gwanjeong*, 官庭) is a biblical term for the official residence where a Roman governor stayed and held trials. The Gospels present it as the place where Jesus was interrogated by Pontius Pilate and mocked by soldiers.

• Tacitus

  Tacitus (c. AD 56 – c. 120) was an ancient Roman historian and senator. In his Annals he recorded Emperor Nero's persecution of Christians and the execution of Christ under Pontius Pilate, and for this reason he is frequently cited as an early non-Christian source.

• John 18

  John 18 recounts the arrest of Jesus in a garden across the brook Kidron, his appearances before Annas and Caiaphas, and his interrogation by the Roman governor Pilate. Meanwhile, Peter denies Jesus three times, and the crowd demands that Barabbas be released instead of Jesus.

• John 19:34–35

  After Jesus died on the cross, a soldier pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water came out. The passage then states that the one who saw this bears true witness. It is read as confirmation of Jesus' actual death and is often interpreted symbolically in connection with baptism and the Lord's Supper.

• Stations of the Cross

  The Stations of the Cross is a devotional practice in which Jesus Christ's journey, from carrying the cross to Golgotha through his death and burial, is divided into a series of scenes that are meditated upon and prayed through in order. In a broader sense, the term refers to the disciple's life of suffering and obedience.

• Tiberius

  Tiberius, rendered "Diberyo" in the Korean Revised Version of the Bible, was the second emperor of the Roman Empire. His name appears once in Scripture, in Luke 3:1, where it serves as the reference point for dating the beginning of John the Baptist's ministry.

• Acts 3:17

  A verse from Peter's sermon in Solomon's Porch, in which he says that the people of Jerusalem and their rulers who delivered Jesus to death did so "through ignorance." It is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between ignorance and guilt, the verse's connection to the call to repentance, and the question of Jewish collective responsibility.