Biography
Pontius Pilate - the procurator of Judea, who issued a deadly sentence Jesus Christ. Famous in the New Testament and Roman Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov "Master and Margarita".
In the biography of Pontius Pilate, too many white spots, so a part of life is still a mystery to the researchers, which Masters-historians are trying to solve. Pontius Pilate comes from the riders' estates. Such information is proposed in several sources.
There are sources in which it is said that Pontius Pilate was born in 10 year. The faithful of the future procurator was the city of Lugdun in Gaul. In the modern world, this settlement is French Lyon. Researchers argue that "Pontius" is the name that a man gave upon birth indicates the Roman genus Pontiev.
Already in adult years, the man was the position of the procurator of Judea, changing Valery Grah in this post. This epochal event occurred in 26 AD.
Procurator of Judea
In the literature of Pondi, Pilate appears in front of readers in the image of a cruel person. The contemporaries of the procurator give a man a little different characteristic: stubborn, ruthless, hard, rough, aggressive "beast", which had no moral borders and obstacles.
The position of the procurator of Judea Pontius Pilate entered the venue of his own test. But, being a cruel man hated by Jews, the first thing decided to show who is the main ones on the Holy Land. Therefore, the standards appeared here on which the images of the emperor were located.
Religious laws were alien to Pilate. This led to a conflict that did not end after history with the standards, and even more broke out due to the announcement of the construction of akwear in Jerusalem.
The main act during work as the prosecutor's office was the court over Jesus Christ. This situation happened on the eve of the Jewish Easter. For the sake of finding the truth, the pilat arrived in Jerusalem. Jesus arrested on the night from Thursday to Friday, after which they led a man to Sanhedrion. The elders wanted to destroy the Savior, but the last word was always for the procurator of the Judea.
The main goal of Sedrin was the creation of the image of Christ as a person who represented the danger to the emperor. Anna was the first to appear on the convickery, after which the interrogation was arranged for other members of the Sanhedrion. At the interrogation, Jesus led the arguments that destroyed the image created by the high priest. Christ told that he never hid his own life, faith and preaching.
The priests offered Pontius Pilate to blame Jesus Christ in blasphemy and incitement to Bunut, but they needed evidence. Then the prosecutors came to the aid of prosecutors. The Savior, as Jews called Jesus, did not tend a word in his defense. This caused even greater indignation by the Sanhedrion.
The Council sentenced Christ to death, but this decision was not final, as the final point in similar affairs could be put exclusively the prosecutor. And now he appeared - Pontius Pilate, dressed in a snow-white cloak. This action received the name "Court of Pilate" in the future.
Jesus led to the procurator in the early morning. Now the fate of Christ completely depended on a person in a raincoat. In the Gospel, it is said that Jesus during the court more than once was tortured, including the imposition of a thorns, whitewashing. The procurator did not want to interfere in this difficult thing, but there was no opportunity to avoid the trill.
The collected evidence of the guilt of Jesus seemed insufficient Pilate, so three times the prosecutor ended the deadly execution. But the Sanhedrin did not agree with such a decision, therefore provided a new accusation option related to politics. The Pilate reported information that Christ considers himself to be the king of Jewish, and this is a dangerous crime, as it threatens the emperor.
This was not enough, since in the last conversation with Jesus Ponti, I realized that there was no guilt behind this man, and the charges were contrived. But at the end of the conversation Christ announced the royal origin noted in the pedigree. It was the last straw for Pilate, so the procurator sent Jesus to the scourge.
At the same time, a servant appealed to Pontium with a message from his wife, who saw a prophetic dream. According to the woman, Pilate should not put the righteous punishment, otherwise he could suffer himself. But the verdict was executed: Christ was beaten by scarce with lead spikes, ruined into the jested outfits, and a thorns walled on their heads.
But even this did not stop people from indignation. The public called for the procurator to make a more serious sentence. He could not disobey the people of Pontica, because of some shares of cowardice, so I decided to execute Jesus Christ. After that, the "crime" the prosecutor was the procedure for the ablution of hands. This made it possible to fix it to the perfect murder.
Personal life
Historical certificates confirm that Pontius Pilate was married to Claudius. The spouse of the famous procurator was the illegitimate daughter of Emperor Tiberia, respectively, the granddaughter of the ruler of August Octavian.
After many years, Claudia came to Christianity. After death, the proculum was counted to face saints. Every year, the pontium wife Pilate is honored on November 9th.
Death
The execution of Jesus Christ did not pass without a trace for Pontius Pilate. The procurator was forced to leave the Holy Earth and go to Gallia. These are the only reliable information about the last stage of the man's life. Historians believe that the conscience did not allow Pontae Pilate to continue to live quietly, so the procurator made suicide.
In other sources it is said that after reference to Gallia, Nero signed a decree on the need to punish the ex-procurator. The man should have executed. No one can withstand the emperor. According to other information, Pilate died as a result of suicide, after which the body of Pontius was discovered in the river. It happened on one of the high mountain Lakes Alps.
Image in culture
In culture, the image of Pilate is used regularly. But the most bright still consider the work of Mikhail Bulgakov "Master and Margarita". Here Pontius Pilate is the main hero of the villain, who destroyed Jesus Christ. The author tells in one of the parts of the novel about the meeting of Yeshua Ga-Nozri, preaching good, and the procurator.
Position of Pilate assumed that the pontium requires justice towards the accused. But the pressure of society did not always allow to remain so. Once the procurator wanted to punish Judas, who betrayed Yeshua. But this caused a storm of emotions by no means in the people, but in the soul of Pittia Pilate. Doubts spread the procurator.
The book "Master and Margarita" has long been "disassembled" for quotations that appear in social networks. The author raised the most eternal questions about the good and evil, justice and betrayal on the surface.
Roman "Master and Margarita" received several shields. The first film was presented to the public in 1972. After 17 years, the audience met the new vision of Bulgakov's book, represented by the director. The television series, which went to Russian screens in 2005, was greatly popular. Pontius Pilate in this novel on TV played the famous Soviet actor Kirill Lavrov.
Memory
- 1898 - "Passion game"
- 1916 - "Christ"
- 1927 - "King of Kings"
- 1942 - "Jesus from Nazareth"
- 1953 - "Cloak"
- 1956 - "Pontius Pilate"
- 1972 - "Pilate and others"
- 1988 - "The Last Temptation of Christ"
- 1999 - "Jesus"
- 2004 - "Passion of Christ"
- 2005 - "Master and Margarita"
- 2010 - "Ben-Gur"