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Pontius Pilate is a relatively minor figure in the gospels of the New Testament, but one who plays a vital role as the Roman official in charge of Jesus\u2019 sentencing.

Given that he\u2019s the face of Rome in the New Testament Gospels, he\u2019s presented in a surprisingly positive light! The same is true for his appearances in some other early Christian writings. To try and get to the bottom of exactly why the official representative of the big, bad Roman empire is presented as such a sympathetic figure, we\u2019re going to be taking a look at one of these non-canonical texts in a bit more detail.