Pontius Pilot, evil or prophetic?

Question

A few friends and I got into this debate and I would like to see others thoughts as well.

In your mind was Pontius Pilot at fault for the death of Jesus (or as some put it a tool of the devil) , or was he merely just doing his job? Fullfilling a prophecy or what have you.

one could say that God had sent Jesus to die for our sins he would have had to make this happen in one way or another thus Judas or Pontius etc.

I would say I type faster than I think, but spelling Pilate wrong several times just makes it worse lol. Sorry! :) P-I-L-A-T-E

Answer 1

This is a puzzling question, but I choose to believe he was destined to do what he did. As you know, he washed his hands of the decision signaling it was not his choice to crucify, rather the mob mentality forcing him to do so. I believe that Jesus Christ was here, as foretold by the prophets, to be the bearer of all our sins and die for our salvation.

Answer 2

Pilate was portrayed as a victim in the scriptures. The writing state that he didn't want to condemn Christ. The truth is that the scriptures were written in a time where the Romans were taking up the christian religion. If they are to take this up then they don't want to believe that one of their old leaders was the reason for the savior's death. There is a line where the Jews shout out that they wanted Barabbas and they shouted that Jesus should be crucified. Then they go on to say that his blood would be on their hands and their children's hands (not the Romans). This antisemitic nature of the New Testament occurs many times. It was done to accommodate the Romans as they converted. No historian would believe in Pilate's regret. Nor would they even say that a tradition of letting a condemned go free at Passover (a Jewish holiday) even existed. It was clear that the writers of the New Testament were trying to absolve Pilate in order to push the blame on the Jews. Consider how many they converted by doing this. In the end, Pilate was as evil and hateful a man as could be in that time. He enjoyed what he did and never gave a second thought about killing Christ. The blood lies with him as much as anybody else.

Answer 3

He did not want Jesus to die. His wife had a dream the night before in regard to Him being a good person. He passed the buck off onto the Pharisees. This is why he washed his hands of the whole ordeal. God designed life this way for Jesus to hang on the cross. Pontius Pilot was part of this design, along with Judas being involved also. God's plan is perfect even though we don't understand it.

Answer 4

Pilot was not an evil man or a tool of the devil, but a man who did play part in having Jesus die for our sins. And I wouldn't change that for the world. Anyway, God had preordanded Jesus's death, but before that did wonderful things, but Jesus did have to die for us if not then we could never be close to God as we can today. I mean think of all the things we would have to do if Jesus didn't die for us. Just read the old testament it'll tell you. Pilot was doing his job nothing more or nothing less :)

Answer 5

Pontius pilot is the best example of free will, he did what he thought was best for the situation. More often than not free will is not considered when people discuss Christianity, and it is free will that determines what happens to us. Whether it is by our own actions, or the actions of another. Example- a women leaves her house for an early morning jog, and she is attacked during her workout. She chose to get up and face the dangers of the world, and the attacker chose to commit crime against another. Anyway back on Pilot, he washed his hands of the situation and left the fate of Jesus in the control of the crowd, the fault fell to those who continued to pursue his fate. Everything revolves around free will in one way or another.

Answer 6

Pilate is aware that the priests had handed Jesus over because they considered him a threat, but Pilate himself does not feel that Jesus is any threat to the Roman Empire and, upholding a Roman tradition of sparing the subjugated, asserts that Jesus is innocent of the charges.

Pilate is forced to condemn Jesus to crucifixion, due to the pressure of the crowd, who according to the Synoptics had been coached to shout against Jesus by the Pharisees and Sadducees. The Gospel of Matthew adds that before condemning Jesus to death, Pilate washes his hands with water in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood; you will see".

Answer 7

Pontius Pilot was a coward that was afraid to stand up to the people and the Romans. He used the ritual of washing his hands to try to clean his own conscience.

Answer 8

Jesus himself seems to say to Pilate that he (Pilate) would not be in the position that he was had God not had a hand in his being in power - however, he could have done whatever he wished, he was not scared of the people he ruled over.

Answer 9

Pontius Pilot was just fulfilling the prophecy. He had to in order for Christ to be cruicified and ulitmitely resurrected.

Answer 10

the best i can remember, Pilot found no problem with Jesus and did not consider HIM to be a threat to the roman empire. while he could have done something, HIS death was inevitable. GOD sent HIM here for a particular purpose. AND HE CONSENTED. in my book that makes JESUS one remarkable human being...putting it lightly.