Portrayals
Plays and films dealing with life of Jesus Christ often include the character of Pontius Pilate due to the central role he played in the final days of Christ's life. Writers have found various reasons to make Pilate a main character and to fill in any unknown details of his life. Pilate has been portrayed in a number of different ways:
- A weak and harried bureaucrat
- A hard governor who rules with an iron fist
- A man who clearly sees how the story of Jesus will affect human history
- A man who regrets his role in Jesus' death (to greater or lesser extents, depending on the work)
- A man who is oblivious to the significance of the Galilean he condemns to death
- A tired governor who doesn't care and wants Jesus out of his hands
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