you want to know who s in charge, who s the real ruler here? it s not any jewish pretenders and contenders like jesus. and the whole point of these three languages is that everybody in cosmopolitan jerusalem can understand what it means. the great irony, of course, is that for the readers of the gospels and for christians ever since it is in fact true. jesus is crucified, suffers, and dies under pilate. even though jesus seems like he s the powerless one, his power is shown and revealed at the resurrection. so we see that the real king of the jews is in fact jesus, and that pilate s inscription over the cross is true. so what happened to the loyal roman prefect after jesus crucifixion? the bible tells us nothing. but thanks to josephus, we have a record of the final chapter in