Pontius Pilate
governor of Judaea
Roman governor who examined Jesus, offered the crowd Barabbas, washed his hands, and delivered Jesus to be crucified.
Also called Pilate.
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Christ's Good Confession Before Pontius Pilate
12Fight the good fight that faith calls for. Take hold of the life that never ends. God called you to that life. You said out loud that you believe, with many people watching.
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
Back then, a person who decided to follow Jesus said so out loud in front of the whole church. That is the moment Paul is talking about.
13God sees me as I tell you this, and he gives life to everything. Christ Jesus sees me too. He told the truth when he stood before Pontius Pilate.
I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of that area. He was the judge at Jesus' trial. Jesus told him the truth even though it was dangerous.
14Keep this command with no stain on it. Give no one a reason to blame you. Keep it until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.
That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
"Until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again" means until the day Jesus returns to earth. Christians were waiting for that day.
Every passage here is the King James text. Nothing on this page retells the story; it only puts the pieces in order.