Pontius Pilate's Ring Discovered Near Bethlehem

News Staff : Nov 30, 2018
World Israel News via Charismanews.com

Pontius Pilate, or Pilatus, was the Roman leader who ordered the crucifixion of Jesus.

(Israel)— [Charismanews.com] The Israeli daily Ha'aretz is reporting that a bronze ring found 50 years ago at the Herodion excavation near Bethlehem has been discovered to bear the name of Pontius Pilate, Roman governor of Jerusalem and the man who ordered the crucifixion of Jesus, according to the New Testament. (Image: via World Israel News)

Ha'aretz reports that the name was discovered on the ring with the use of a special camera at the Israel Antiquities Authority labs. The letters on the ring spelled out in Greek writing "Pilatus." The words surrounded a picture of a wine vessel.

Hebrew University Professor Danny Schwartz told Ha'aretz that Pilatus was a rare name in Israel. "I don't know of any other Pilatus from the period, and the ring shows he was a person of stature and wealth," Schwartz said, according to the article... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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