Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Foreword
- The Zealots and Jesus
- The revolution theory from Reimarus to Brandon
- The date and character of Mark
- Some observations on Tendenzkritik
- Argumentum e silentio
- The Poor and the Zealots
- The opposition between Jesus and Judaism
- Judaeo-Christianity and the Jewish establishment, A.D. 33–66
- A.D. 70 in Christian reflection
- The trial of Jesus in the Acta Pilati
- Christ as brigand in ancient anti-Christian polemic
- Jesus as a political agent in a version of the Josippon
- The Feeding of the Multitude
- The coin of ‘Render unto Caesar …’ (A note on some aspects of Mark 12: 13–17; Matt. 22: 15–22; Luke 20:20–26)
- Render to Caesar
- The Temple tax
- ‘Not peace but a sword’: Matt. 10:34ff; Luke 12: 51ff
- The decision of the Supreme Court to put Jesus to death (John 11:47–57) in its context: tradition and redaction in the Gospel of John
- The ‘triumphal’ entry
- The two swords (Luke 22: 35–38)
- The titulus
- Romans 13
- Biblical criticism criticised: with reference to the Markan report of Jesus's examination before the Sanhedrin
- The political charge against Jesus (Luke 23: 2)
- The trial before Pilate
- ‘His witness is true’: A test of the Johannine claim
- Index of Authors
- Index of References
The trial before Pilate
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Foreword
- The Zealots and Jesus
- The revolution theory from Reimarus to Brandon
- The date and character of Mark
- Some observations on Tendenzkritik
- Argumentum e silentio
- The Poor and the Zealots
- The opposition between Jesus and Judaism
- Judaeo-Christianity and the Jewish establishment, A.D. 33–66
- A.D. 70 in Christian reflection
- The trial of Jesus in the Acta Pilati
- Christ as brigand in ancient anti-Christian polemic
- Jesus as a political agent in a version of the Josippon
- The Feeding of the Multitude
- The coin of ‘Render unto Caesar …’ (A note on some aspects of Mark 12: 13–17; Matt. 22: 15–22; Luke 20:20–26)
- Render to Caesar
- The Temple tax
- ‘Not peace but a sword’: Matt. 10:34ff; Luke 12: 51ff
- The decision of the Supreme Court to put Jesus to death (John 11:47–57) in its context: tradition and redaction in the Gospel of John
- The ‘triumphal’ entry
- The two swords (Luke 22: 35–38)
- The titulus
- Romans 13
- Biblical criticism criticised: with reference to the Markan report of Jesus's examination before the Sanhedrin
- The political charge against Jesus (Luke 23: 2)
- The trial before Pilate
- ‘His witness is true’: A test of the Johannine claim
- Index of Authors
- Index of References
Summary
‘The most interesting isolated problem which historical jurisprudence can present’ – such is a characterisation given to the trial of Jesus. The Roman part of it is no exception to this.
The nature of the trial before Pilate is indicated in the introductory terms used by Mark: δήσαντες … παϱέδωϰαν (15: 1). The binding of Jesus is not mentioned in the Second Evangelist's introduction to the Sanhedrin trial, as indeed the fettering of a person who is still only under accusation is unusual. The term implies that Jesus's judicial position was different from that after the arrest, in other words that the deliberation of 15: ia, which sums up the nocturnal events, did not refer to these as a preliminary interrogation but constituted an act that had its procedural consequences. The position is different in John, where Jesus is bound immediately after his arrest (18: 12) and kept fettered during the night (18: 24). The difference is conditioned by the fact that here Jesus is, when taken captive, a ζητoύµενoς, whose fate had already been decided upon – pending the emergence of mitigating circumstances. Mark and John agree in describing Jesus's situation at the beginning of the trial before Pilate as that of a culprit. Matthew follows Mark, whereas Luke omits this detail.
Παϱαδίδωμι is a word that is used in a more general and even half-metaphorical way quite often in Christian language. This secondary usage which is based on reflection on the passion story is, however, not likely at a place where both the traditor and those to whose keeping the culprit is handed over are juridical persons – whatever overtones may be present.
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