pontius pilate, the prefech of judaea. this is done in honor of another man, in honor of the roman emperor, make no mistake, pilate s loyalty was completely to rome. he s not a king, he s not an emperor. this is the best he can do. but what he did gave us the name of pilate in stone. in the bible, pilate plays a crucial role in the final act of jesus life. where are you from? the new testament suggests that pilate tended to be a little weak and vacillating at times, but i don t think that s the kind of person he was in reality.