Special Easter Episode: The Composite Portrait of Pontius Pilate

About this episode

This episode explores the complex figure of Pontius Pilate through the lens of the Gospels, examining themes of moral compromise and the search for truth.

In this Easter special of These Go to Eleven, Greg and Nathan unpack the layered and often unsettling figure of Pontius Pilate, the only person besides Jesus named in the creeds. Drawing from all four Gospels, they explore how each account reveals a different side of the Roman governor: a man who knew the right thing, saw through injustice, searched for loopholes, and even wrestled with truth itself, yet still gave in. From a troubling dream and a symbolic hand-washing to political pressure and the haunting question, “What is truth?”, this episode examines how Pilate’s story exposes the dangers of moral compromise, institutional pressure, and quiet complicity.

People in this episode

Hosts: Greg, Nathan

Topics covered

• Pontius Pilate
• moral compromise
• institutional pressure
• truth
• Easter
• Gospels

Keywords

• Pontius Pilate
• Easter
• moral compromise
• truth
• Gospels
• institutional pressure
• complicity

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Books & works: These Go to Eleven, the Gospels

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