Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'pilate' occurs 56 times in the standard works.

26 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'pilate' in the standard works and contain 46.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Luke 23:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

John 19:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 27:58 (2 in 1 verse)

John 19:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 15:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 15:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 15:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 15:43-44 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 23:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

John 19:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

John 19:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 56 0 56
Matt. 9 0 9
Mark 10 0 10
Luke 12 0 12
John 21 0 21
Acts 3 0 3
1 Tim. 1 0 1
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 56 0 56

John 18:29
Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?

John 18:31
Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:

John 18:33
Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?

John 18:35
Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?

John 18:37
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

John 18:38
Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.

John 19:1
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.

John 19:4
Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.

John 19:5
Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!

John 19:6
When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.

John 19:8
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;

John 19:10
Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?

John 19:12
And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.

John 19:13
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.

John 19:15
But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.

John 19:19
And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews.

John 19:21
Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.

John 19:22
Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.

John 19:31
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

John 19:38
And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.