I read it about a woman who was killed in a car accident.
2007-03-06 22:18:01 · 5 answers · asked by Still Alone 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Pontuis Pilate, Roman Procurator of Jerusalem ca. 30 AD, was presented with the case of a man who was accused of offenses under Jewish religious law, blasphemy and claiming to be God, and claiming to be King of the Jews, and so on. He examined the man and found no fault in him, but was concerned that there might be a riot if he ordered the man freed. He therefore called for a basin of water and publicly washed his hands, symbolizing that he wished to have no more to do with the case and would render no decision one way or the other.
Eventually he ended up ordering the man's execution.
But that wasn't the end of his troubles. The Jewish authorities came to him with a request to end the executions artificially (under ordinary circumstances the subjects would be left to die of exhaustion) because a major Jewish holiday was about to start; then a group of citizens came to ask that the one man's body be given them for burial rather than tossed into the common area for the remains of condemned; and then the Jewish authorities came back with a request for armed gurads to stand watch over the one man's tomb.
Three days later the guards came back and said they'd gone to sleep on the job and somebody came along and robbed the tomb.
Gotta feel for the guy, ya know?
Oh...you do know the name of the Man who was executed, and about Whom Pilate washed his hands, don't you?
2007-03-06 22:34:53 · answer #1 · answered by dBalcer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Define Pontius Pilate
2016-11-12 03:15:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pontius Pilate was a man who had it in his power to save the life of Jesus. However, for various political reasons, all of which boiled down to self-interest, he declined to take this brave and honourable stand, i.e. do the right thing, and instead publicly washed his hands, indicating in Roman terms that he would now have no further dealings in the matter. That is why we still say "I wash my hands of the whole thing."
Presumably somebody in the incident in question is trying to dodge responsibility in some way.
2007-03-06 22:29:16 · answer #3 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i could say the two: attempt to no longer be a Pontius Pilate with him. OR extra colloquial... attempt to no longer pass Pontius Pilate on him. (Or extra "slang"...do no longer pass all Pontius Pilate on him). ______________________________________... Pontius Pilate is the Roman governor regular for having "washed his palms" of the determination to sentence Jesus of Nazareth to dying. He himself believed that Jesus replaced into harmless and, subsequently, did no longer consider the gang's demands to crucify him. yet, because of the fact Pilate did no longer pick to look undesirable by skill of going against the desires of the gang, he stated, "I wash my palms of this" and condemned Jesus to dying. In different words, he did no longer get up for what he believed to be authentic. for this reason, if somebody says "attempt to no longer be a Pontius Pilate with him," they're in certainty asserting, "do no longer stand by skill of and don't something, once you be attentive to what ought to be achieved." you could no longer in basic terms stand by skill of and say, "I wash my palms of this" and think of that it excuses you from no longer doing the the main suitable option element. wish this helped.
2016-11-23 12:51:31 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
washing ones hands in innocence, perhaps?
(I hope that expression exists in english)
2007-03-06 22:23:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋