"No friend of Caesar": Jesus, Pilate, Sejanus, and Tiberius
This study proposes that an increasingly common explanation for Pilate's actions in John 19, which directly links Pilate to the equestrian prefect Lucius Aelius Sejanus, is unneccessary. While Pilate's actions were likely influenced by Sejanus's fall in AD 31, no direct connection bet...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Stone-Campbell International
2008
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Stone-Campbell journal
Year: 2008, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 47-57 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Johannesevangelium 19,12
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B Seianus, Lucius Aelius 20 BC-31 / Pilatus, Pontius ca. 1. Jh. v. Chr./1. Jh. |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament TD Late Antiquity |
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Seianus, Lucius Aelius (20 BC-31)
B Pilatus, Pontius B Bible. Johannesevangelium 19,12 |
| Summary: | This study proposes that an increasingly common explanation for Pilate's actions in John 19, which directly links Pilate to the equestrian prefect Lucius Aelius Sejanus, is unneccessary. While Pilate's actions were likely influenced by Sejanus's fall in AD 31, no direct connection between Pilate and Sejanus needs to exist to understand John 19. |
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| ISSN: | 1097-6566 |
| Contains: | In: Stone-Campbell journal
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