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god standing right in front of him. >> this place was defining event of jesus' ministry. he was crucified by the romans. he was raised from the dead. if you think of the impact christianity has had on the world, it comes back to one spot. >> we often interpret the death of jesus as a act. the pair dox heradox, without t of jesus, there is no
>> in all four gospel accounts, pilate offers the authorities a bizarre choice. >> there's a character called barabbas who is a violent revolutionary and he's been arrested, round about the same time that jesus has. >> you have a custom that i release someone for you at the passover. >> yes. >> it's the one chance he has to do a litmus test on what the crowd actually thinks about jesus. >> barabbas is offered as a dmois kind of a passover amnesty. >> who shall i release? barabbas or jesus? >> he has the power over life and death in judea, yet he's perfectly willing to throw this open to the crowd and say, you guys decide. barabs. >> sort of perplexing that pilate would have, under any circumstances, thought about letting go a rebel. >> barabbas. >> but of course, in the story, it's barabbas the violent
he was so loyal to the roman emperor who was considered a god that he couldn't see the true god standing right in front of him. >> this place was the defining event of jesus' ministry. it's where he was crucified by the romans. it's where he was said to have raised from the dead. if you think of the impact that christianity has had on the world, it all comes back to one spot. golgotha, the church. >> we often interpret the death of jesus as a saving act, and yet the paradox here is that without pilate, there is no saving act. without the death of jesus, there is no christianity. ♪ ♪ ♪ -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
a group of samaritans armed themselves on a religious pilgrimage. >> the moment the samaritans chose to take up arms, there was no way that incident was going to end other than pilate intervening. >> many people are killed. and the ring leaders of the movement are put to death. after the uprising is put down, the samaritans launch an official complaint against pilate, and so he's recalled to rome to answer the charges. >> but before he can get there, his patron, the emperor tiberius, dies. >> and we have no idea what happened to him once he reached rome. he just drops out of history. >> but the name of pilate will live on. >> pilate's tragic flaw was that
people. >> there's only two crimes under roman law that could lead to crucifixion. one would be sedition or high treason, the other is leading a slave revolt. well jesus didn't seem to be doing either of those to pilate. >> indeed. he has done nothing to deserve death. >> he stirs up the people. >> yeah. >> stirs up the people. >> he may have had a squabble about whether the temple apparatus wasn't done right or not, but that's still not sedition or high treason. >> ponchos pilate is put in a tough spot. he doesn't to want make a decision when that's his ultimate job. the power of life over death.
the pilate of the gospels is uncertain. a couple of the gospels suggest that the jewish authorities pressurized a reluctant pilate into sending jesus to the cross. >> are you the king of the jews? >> in reality, i think, this is not at all realistic. and i don't think it would have taken very much for pilate to be convinced that jesus had to be sent to the cross. >> we can see the gospel accounts of the trial of jesus in some ways as fiional courtroom dramas. >> then why does the pilate of the bible try to avoid crucifying jesus? >> i have the authority to set you free. >> the gospels are all written several decades of the death of jesus. this time they are romans. >> the gospels try to let pilate off the hook by making him seem doubtful, that makes sense because they're writing in a roman world.
emperor who was considered a god that he couldn't see the true god standing right in front of him. >> goldatha. this place was the defining event of jesus' ministry. it's where he was crucified by the romans. it's where he was said to have raised from the dead. if you think of the impact that christianity has had on the world, it all comes back to one spot. golgotha, the church of the holy sepulcher. >> we often interpret the death of jesus as a saving act, and yet the paradox here is that without pilate, there is no saving act. without the death of jesus, there is no christianity. ♪ ♪
after five days, pilate calls out his troops. >> he expects that they are going to just disband because who wouldn't disband when there's a threat of death so eminently? instead, the jews bear their necks to pilot. and they say that they are willing to die for the law if necessary. pilate realizes he's been outmaneuvered, he might be prepared to execute a few people here, but he doesn't to want massacre people. >> it'interesting that pilate backs down. does this show astute political judgment or just show that he's
judea. in the bible, pilate infamous as the man who tries jesus. >> pilate is a fascinating character in christian history. he does seem tormented about whether or not jesus is guilty and whether or not to condemn him. >> the pilate of the gospels is uncertain. he seems deeply conflicted with jesus' innocence. >> i have the authority to set you free. >> he's not firm and decisive about what he wants to do. >> the discovery of his name in stone was ground breaking. >> the significance of the pilate stone is that it actually gives us hard evidence of this central figure from the story, the crucifixion of jesus. so pilate really existed. he lived. and he was the prey effect of
crucifixion. one would be sedition or high treason, the other is leading a slave revolt. well jesus didn't seem to be doing either of those to pilate. >> indeed. he has done nothing to deserve death. >> he stirs up the people. >> yeah. >> stirs up the people. >> he may have had a squabble about whether the temple apparatus wasn't done right or not, but that's still not sedition or high treason. >> ponchos pilate is put in a tough spot. he doesn't to want make a decision when that's his ultimate job. the power of life over death. >> in all four gospel accounts, pilate offers the authorities a bizarre choice. >> there's a character called bah ra bas who is a violent revolutionary and he's been arrested, round about the same time that jesus has. >> you have a custom that i release someone for you at the