Here is the catalogue description of the MS: THE DOCTRINE Of St. Peter;-The life of St. Anthony, by St. Athan- And Volusianus, having heard the order of the emperor, immediately departed, and came to Pilate, as it was commanded him. Why Pontius Pilate's Wife Tried to Save Christ and the Incredible Dream Letter from Pontius Pilate's Wife Catherine Van Dyke 2008 This is rewritten from an old traditional manuscript first found in a monastery at Bruges, where it had lain for centuries. Christ in History - Letter's About Jesus including Pontius Pilate's After so much uproar the town became suddenly calm, as if in thought, and a deadly silence pervaded it, as if death had covered it with its dark wings. Hearing about Semidas death, Claudia came to her funeral. What a dream, or better, what a revelation! With ever-increasing fury they howled: He shall be crucified. In this same night which followed that unexpected catastrophe I started to write down this report, and in the morning the sound of bugles, paying the air of Diana, coming from the direction of Calvary (Golgotha) reached my ear. When this heavenly judgment took place and attracted the attention of the people, He showed them His wounds with which His body was covered, and said with a terrible voice: Give me back my blood which I spilt for you! All these people burned from anger and envy, and it appeared to me that in their faces an infernal. Here and there groups of men and women who had climbed up to Golgotha stood motionless, as if they expected another wonder of nature to happen., I returned to the Practorium, overwhelmed and tortured by my thoughts. Edit. At last, it is proved that Roman justice is also guilty in no less a degree. One of the Roman centurions was insulted, so I requested the Prefect of Syria to send me directly one hundred infantry and as many cavalry, but he refused to send me these troops. Therefore, I will go with thee, and carry the likeness to Csar to look upon, and will return. When you buy books using these links the Internet Archive may earn a small commission. From the Holy Scriptures report we nd the statement, uttered with utmost discretion, that Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. Luke, 23, 24. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. In the middle ages, multiple legends were in circulation in the vision of Pilates wife. And these things happened thus: but the Jews reported that Jesus did these things on the Sabbath. And I also ascertained that the miracles done by him were greater than any which the gods whom we worship could do. I heard another soldier grumbling to strangers and overheard my name, but I could not understand. The letter to me when I read it was more of a testimonial and insight to his belief that Jesus was The Son of GOD. Without further delay he was to be sentenced to death as many others before Him. Oh, believe me, that a single drop of this blood may be your damnation for all eternity. Never has there been a heart so daring and fearless as that of this warrior. I shared with him my leisure hours, my sorrows and my joys. The curtains in the Temple have been torn in two; the sun became dark as if it were in mourning. There, she witnessed the miracle of her resurrection and met Christ for the first time. that He would have no beautiful traits or splendour about Him. According to one legend, while in Jerusalem, Claudia met the family of the first priest of the synagogue Yair, and enjoyed the company of his wife Salome and their twelve-year-old daughter Semida. The Library does not have such a letter in its collections". My only consolation consists in reading them again and again. In this masterpiece of history the official document where Pontius Pilate reported Christ''s death to Emperor Tiberius; went on to explain that it was recorded by the Roman historian, Valleus Paterculus, and was finally discovered in the early 1850''s in Rome''s Vatican library. From the High Priests : Ruan, Jodus, and Bukasalis. It's public domain; you can download it from Internet Archive. The rebels laid hand on Jesus and in addition, feeling that they had of their leaders so that, on principle, I would agree with them in this matter, they all continually shouted: Crucify Him! Therefore, let your worldly wisdom stay within its limits. When I came to their house, my servants could only with great difficulty force a way for me through the throng, for many mourners and a large crowd had gathered before my friends home. With him walked three more men dressed in coarse clothes showing the trace of poverty and giving them the appearance of simple and uneducated people, but behind them walked a man, similarly clad, and in the prime of His youth. One would have thought that the end of the world was near or that the universe returned to its original chaos. The contents of the report of Pilates wife deserve greatest attention, because, as his wife, she was in constant contact with Pilate, the chief judge of Jesus. We find references to her conversion in the writings Athanasius the Great, Augustine Aurelius, Johann Malala, and several other authoritative Christian authors. These people were so stirred up that I lived in an everlasting fear that a revolution might break out any moment. And Pilate said, King and Autocrat, I am not guilty of these things, but it is the multitude of the Jews who are precipitate and guilty. He calls Himself the Son of God, Messiah, and King of the Jews.. Have you ever wished to take part in Christs salvation and redemption? The statement of the Roman pagan destroys the unfounded allegation of all unbelievers of to-day. He made the blind see; he cleansed lepers; he raised the dead; he healed paralytics who could not move at all, except that they only had their voice, and the joining of their bones; and he gave them the power of walking about and running, commanding them by a single word. After some time I came to love this fertile and rich province which my husband had to rule in the name of Rome, the master of the nations. I was told He was Jesus. What Roman laws had provided that an innocent man should be scourged? [14,609.]. And again Csar resolved to have Pilate questioned, and commanded a captain, Albius by name, to cut off Pilates head, saying, As he laid hands upon the just man, that is called Christ, he also shall fall in like manner, and find no deliverance. Posted on 08/09/2012, in Short Studies and tagged Christ, Christ in history, Claudia Pilate, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Judea, letter about Jesus, Majesty, Pilate's wife, pontius pilate, Publius Lentulus. The High Priest Caiaphas subserviently carried out that humiliating act. Translated by The Catalogue of Good Deeds Farewell. Omissions? Oh, the fateful hour had come. Terms and Conditions After some time I came to love this fertile and rich province which my husband had to rule in the name of Rome, the master of the nations. But we know itll be worth your while. But since thou wast worthy to see that God-man, therefore it becometh you to pray for me. I wrote to Jesus and invited Him to an interview with me in the law-court, and He came. How rightly shouted the Nazarene on the cross: It is fulfilled! These are the contents of my report! First searching for the letter before a link/source was added revealed at least 3 letters, each is written differently: "The Library of Congress has received a number of inquiries over the years about a purported letter from Pontius Pilate to Tiberius Caesar concerning Jesus Christ. What is your request? The Letter of Pontius Pilate, Which He Wrote to the Roman Emperor, Concerning Our Lord Jesus Christ. owing down to the Praetorium; and every minute new voices joined in this hellish choir. Say to the storm: Stop amidst the mountains, for otherwise you will uproot the woods in the plain. The storm will reply to you I shall continue to obey the laws of the Creator. God alone knows where the storm goes. I was on my knees without knowing what I did. This Gospel spread over the whole empire. She had the gift of second sight. ichail Bulgakov integrated these legends into the storyline of his novel Master and Margarita. I remember Semidas voice sounding like the strings of the harp when she sang the holy hymn to the wise and great king of Israel, and often in my loneliness and beside the cradle of my son I tried to play to Him on my instrument. These people had been for so long independent and by nature were inclined to rebellion. I have no idea where the claims to copies being in various libraries came from, but I did manage to track down its publication in English. They said that we profaned their holy land which God had promised them as their own. As regards His teachings, by them He attracts all Jerusalem. His wife sends him word of a revelatory dream she has had about Jesus and urges him to have nothing to do with that innocent man (Matthew 27:19), and Pilate abdicates his responsibility to the emperor. The Sadducees were prompted by two reasons: they hated Jesus and wanted to free themselves from the Roman pressure. We may, therefore, certainty, infer that the twenty-four old men seen by St, John in his visions described in Revelation 4, 4-5, 8-9, are some of those who came to life when our Lord Jesus Christ arose. : Pontius again ordered them to be silent, and said to them : I nd no guilt in this man and I acquit Him. And when this decree came into the East Country, Licianus obeyed, through fear of the decree, and laid waste all the nation of the Jews, and caused those that were left in Judea, to go into slavery with them that were scattered among the Gentiles, that it might be known by Csar that these things had been done by Licianus against the Jews in the East Country, and to please him. I, for my part am ready to say: Cursed be the day on which I succeeded Valerius Gracius in the administration of Judea! He referred to Pilate, who had said, I nd no fault in this just man, and as a sign of his belief in Jesus innocence had washed his hands in the face of His accusers. Pingback: Pontius Pilates wife knew Jesus was innocent | Marg Mowczko, Pingback: Pilates wife: The woman who tried to free Jesus | Marg Mowczko. There probably was correspondences, reports, and/or letters between them. How empty and unimportant then, was Dr. B1andeislers objection that Christs religion was at that time unknown, although his disciples accepted His higher wisdom. I fell on the. News without bias or noise. The Gospel tells us that many people were astonished by Jesus teaching and expressed their amazement by the following words: how does He know it without having learnt it?. So wrote Claudia, wife of Pontius Pilate, in this personal letter to her friend, Fulvia, shortly before her husband's death. My emissaries informed me danger was pressing. And he did another yet more mighty work, which had been strange even among our gods, he raised from the dead one Lazarus, who had been dead four days, commanding by a word alone that the dead man should be raised, when his body was already corrupted by worms which bred in his wounds.