The kindest but perhaps also fairest thing that can be said about Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor who presided over the trial of Jesus, was that he did his best given his failure to see just ...

First, the background: According to the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus’ trial before Pilate happened in a place called the praetorium. Originally a term used to signify the tent of the general when ...

Scholars have long debated the historical facts of Jesus’ trial. In my 2025 book, “Killing the Messiah,” I do too. The Gospel testimonies capture the basics of criminal trials before Roman ...

A couple thousand years ago, a trial was held at night during Passover. That was highly irregular. The defendant was Jesus, and the hearing was conducted by a minority sect within Judaism ...