Editing Pontius Pilate (section)

===Sources===
Sources on Pontius Pilate are limited, although modern scholars know more about him than about other [[Roman administration of Judaea (AD 6–135)|Roman governors of Judaea]].{{sfn|Carter|2003|p=12}} The most important sources are the ''Embassy to Gaius'' (after the year 41) by contemporary Jewish writer [[Philo]] of Alexandria,{{sfn|Demandt|2012|p=34|ps=. "Nach dem Tod des Caligula, unter Claudius, schrieb Philo seine 'Legatio'."}} the [[The Jewish War|''Jewish Wars'']] ({{circa|74}}) and ''[[Antiquities of the Jews]]'' ({{circa|94}}) by the Jewish historian [[Josephus]], as well as the four canonical Christian [[gospel]]s, [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]] (composed between 66 and 70), [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] (composed between 85 and 90), [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] (composed between 85 and 90), and [[Gospel of John|John]] (composed between 90 and 110), each authored anonymously;{{sfn|Carter|2003|p=12}} he is also mentioned in the [[Acts of the Apostles]] (composed between 85 and 90) and in the [[First Epistle to Timothy]] (written in the second half of the 1st century). [[Ignatius of Antioch]] mentions him in his epistles to the [[Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians|Trallians]], [[Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians|Magnesians]], and [[Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans|Smyrnaeans]]{{sfn|Bayes|2010|p=79}} (composed between 105 and 110).{{sfn|Trebilco|2007|p=631}} He is also briefly mentioned in ''[[Annals (Tacitus)|Annals]]'' of the Roman historian [[Tacitus]] (early 2nd century), who simply says that he put Jesus to death.{{sfn|Carter|2003|p=12}} Two additional chapters of Tacitus's ''Annals'' that might have mentioned Pilate have been lost.{{sfn|Wroe|1999|p=xii}} The written sources provide only limited information, and each has its own biases, with the gospels in particular providing a theological rather than historical perspective on Pilate.{{sfn|Carter|2003|pp=12–19}}

Besides these texts, dated coins in the name of emperor Tiberius minted during Pilate's governorship have survived, as well as a fragmentary short inscription that names Pilate, known as the [[Pilate stone|Pilate Stone]], the only inscription about a Roman governor of Judaea predating the [[Jewish–Roman wars]] to survive.{{sfn|Carter|2003|pp=12–13}}{{sfn|MacAdam|2001|p=75}}<ref>The Pilate Stone at the ''Inscriptions of Israel-Palestine'' project: https://library.brown.edu/iip/viewinscr/caes0043/ (2019)</ref>