Sounds like BS. I'd reject this claim and demand evidence from credible sources.MrMacSon wrote:
The name "Pilate" is a cognomen, which is a sort of middle name, except that it's not a second first name but rather a specification of one's last name. Pilate, therefore, didn't only mean Freedman, it also served to specify a collective rather than an individual within the Pontius family.
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I don't disagree. I only put it there for posterity & comment. The Forum has kinda become 'all things Pilate'Peter Kirby wrote: Sounds like BS. I'd reject this claim and demand evidence from credible sources.