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Pontius Pilate’s ring discovered from site near Bethlehem
World Israel News ^
| 11/29/2018
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Posted on 11/29/2018 7:28:32 PM PST by bkopto
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To: bkopto
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posted on
11/29/2018 11:33:24 PM PST
by
Faith65
(Isaiah 40:31)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks bkopto. It's amazing that it has survived.
...a bronze ring found 50 years ago at the Herodion excavation near Bethlehem has been discovered to bear the name of Pontius Pilate, Roman governor of Jerusalem... The letters on the ring spelled out in Greek writing Pilatus. The words surrounded a picture of a wine vessel... The ring is a sealing ring, common in ancient times, and used to seal letters and stamp official documents using molten wax.
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posted on
11/30/2018 12:04:25 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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To: bkopto
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posted on
11/30/2018 12:10:59 AM PST
by
wardaddy
(I don’t care that you’re not a racist......when the shooting starts it won’t matter what yo)
It's the most wonderful time of the year, at least for the Star of the East topics, here they are, sorted newest to oldest. Michael Molnar is the best known of the researchers into the nature and dating of the star, the account of which is found in the Book of Matthew.
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posted on
11/30/2018 12:27:26 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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To: mindburglar
When I was in kindergarten I thought Punches Pilot was a first century Roman aviator just like Smilin’ Jack with a similar flight helmet. Any depiction of the Crucifixion that showed a helmeted Roman would have me asking, “is that the Pilot?”
Years later I read of Pilate washing his hands & thinking “That’s no way to get control of a howling mob”.
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posted on
11/30/2018 12:48:01 AM PST
by
elcid1970
(My gun safe is saying, "Room for one more, honey!")
To: bkopto
It seems fitting that something from the end of Christ’s time in Earth should find its way to the place where it all began.
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posted on
11/30/2018 12:53:20 AM PST
by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
To: Pride in the USA
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posted on
11/30/2018 1:33:10 AM PST
by
lonevoice
(diagonally parked in a parallel universe)
To: bkopto
And this important ring was just left, literally, lying around?
I find that a little hard to believe. I wonder if they had counterfeiters back then?
To: Joe 6-pack
Or...he simply made it up. Writers sometimes just fill in the blanks. Thats what writers do.
To: Vermont Lt
Could be. But they did find it in the building that used to be the administration headquarters for the Romans. Perhaps that is why they think it was used by a staff person to mark official documents - and not THE ring of Pilate? Stuffed in some drawer when the paper pusher retired.
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11/30/2018 2:04:57 AM PST
by
21twelve
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To: Vermont Lt
If God couldn’t get what He wanted into Scripture He would be a pretty poor “almighty” Nobody needed to make anything up.
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posted on
11/30/2018 2:20:04 AM PST
by
TalBlack
(It's hard to shoot people when they are shooting back at you...)
To: bkopto
I think it says "Pancho's Pilates."
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
If it was pilates ring, as a high official of Imperial Rome, it would have been made of Gold or at least Silver.—Fake to me.
To: Joe 6-pack
"...and yet the specific details of that interrogation were at some point related to the writer of John."
Details were passed down the Being who was actually there. After the Resurrection He was with the Apostles for about a month before ascending to Heaven. I am sure the Apostles had a lot of questions to Him about what happened.
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posted on
11/30/2018 2:57:30 AM PST
by
rollo tomasi
(Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
To: SunkenCiv
Thanks for the Christmas reading list.
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posted on
11/30/2018 3:40:49 AM PST
by
Chainmail
(A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
Just make one up yourself ... (everybody does it).
To: bkopto
Authentic. Can clearly see “McCain” on it.
To: TalBlack
That is the logic that makes the almighty the almighty.
I understand the concept of faith. I believe in a creator. I am simply skeptical of 2000 year old accounts of anything.
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Interesting that the seal of a Roman governor would spell his name in Greek.
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posted on
11/30/2018 5:05:25 AM PST
by
SJackson
(The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself)
To: 21twelve
But they did find it in the building that used to be the administration headquarters for the Romans. Perhaps that is why they think it was used by a staff person to mark official documents - and not THE ring of Pilate? Stuffed in some drawer when the paper pusher retired.The fact that the Romans governed from Caesaria would also suggest that. Pilate would only be in Jerusalem on occasion.
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posted on
11/30/2018 5:07:27 AM PST
by
SJackson
(The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself)
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