Scripture: Luke 3:1; Matthew 27; John 18–19
The Gospels name Pontius Pilate as the Roman governor who sentenced Jesus.
A limestone block found in 1961 at Caesarea Maritima by an Italian team led by Antonio Frova. Its Latin inscription records Pontius Pilate, of Judaea, dedicating a building (a Tiberieum). The original is in the Israel Museum.
Caesarea Maritima, IsraelView on OpenStreetMap
