it occurs to me that the washing of hands implies a serious attempt to atone for murder, as you say reflected later in the Christian story by Pontius Pilate who by washing his own hands was ...

The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often ...

Brutal tyrant or reluctant judge? Pilate’s encounter with Christ exposes the cost of power, fear, and placating the crowd.

An illustration from the 14th century shows Pontius Pilate washing his hands to absolve himself as Christ is beaten before ...