“There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.”
We must not rejoice at the just punishment of others, but rather be instructed thereby to repentance. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, almost ten years, and about the fourth year of his government, which might be about the fifteenth year of Tiberius’ reign, Christ finished the work of our redemption by his death.