This is an account of the death of Pontius Pilate who condemned Jesus Christ.
And Pilate was greatly terrified on
hearing this, knowing that through envy he had caused him to be slain. Pilate
answered the messenger, saying thus, This man was a malefactor, and a man who
drew after himself all the people; so, after counsel taken of the wise men of
the city, I caused him to be crucified.
And as the messenger returned to his
lodgings he met a certain woman named Veronica, who had been acquainted with
Jesus, and he said, O woman, there was a certain physician in this city, who
healed the sick by his word alone, why have the Jews slain him? And she began
to weep, saying, Ah, me, my lord, it was my God and my Lord whom Pilate through
envy delivered up, condemned, and commanded to be crucified. Then he, grieving
greatly, said, I am exceedingly sorry that I cannot fulfil that for which my
lord hath sent me.
Veronica said to him, When my Lord went about preaching, and I was very
unwillingly deprived of his presence, I desired to have his picture painted for
me, that while I was deprived of his presence, at least the figure of his
likeness might give me consolation. And when I was taking the canvas to the
painter to be painted, my Lord met me and asked whither I was going. And when I
had made known to him the cause of my journey, He asked me for the canvas, and
gave it back to me printed with the likeness of his venerable face. Therefore,
if thy lord will devoutly look upon the sight of this, he will straightway
enjoy the benefit of health.
Is a likeness of this kind to be procured with gold or silver? he asked.
No, said she, but with a pious sentiment of devotion. Therefore, I will go with
thee, and carry the likeness to Cæsar to look upon, and will return.
So Volusianus came with Veronica to Rome, and said to Tiberius the
emperor, Jesus, whom thou hast long desired, Pilate and the Jews have
surrendered to an unjust death, and through envy fastened to the wood of the
cross. Therefore, a certain matron hath come with me bringing the likeness of
the same Jesus, and if thou wilt devoutly gaze upon it, thou wilt presently
obtain the benefit of thy health. So Cæsar caused the way to be spread with
cloths of silk, and ordered the portrait to be presented to him; and
as soon as he had looked upon it he regained his original health.
Then Pontius Pilate was apprehended by command of Cæsar and brought to
Rome. Cæsar, hearing that Pilate had come to Rome, was filled with exceeding
wrath against him, and caused him to be brought to him. Now Pilate brought with
him the seamless coat of Jesus, and wore it when before the emperor. As soon as
the emperor saw him he laid aside all his wrath, and forthwith rose to him, and
was unable to speak harshly to him in anything: and he who in his absence
seemed so terrible and fierce now in his presence is found comparatively
gentle.
And when he had dismissed him, he soon became terribly inflamed against
him, declaring himself wretched, because he had not expressed to him the anger
of his bosom. And immediately he had him recalled, swearing and protesting that
he was a child of death, and unfitted to live upon earth. And when he saw him
he instantly greeted him, and laid aside all the fury of his mind.
All were astonished, and he was astonished himself, that he was so
enraged against Pilate while absent, and could say nothing to him sharply while
he was present. At length, by Divine suggestion, or perhaps by the persuasion
of some Christian, he had him stripped of the coat, and soon resumed against
him his original fury of mind. And when the emperor was wondering very much
about this, they told him it had been the coat of the Lord Jesus. Then the
emperor commanded him to be kept in prison till he should take counsel with the
wise men what ought to be done with him. And after a few days sentence was
given against Pilate that he should be condemned to the most ignominious death.
When Pilate heard this he slew himself with his own dagger, and by such a death
put an end to his life.
When Pilate's death was made known Cæsar said, Truly he has died a most
ignominious death, whose own hand has not spared him. He was therefore fastened
to a great block of stone and sunk in the river Tiber. But wicked and unclean
spirits, rejoicing in his wicked and unclean body, all moved about in the
water, and caused in the air dreadful lightning and tempests, thunder and hail,
so that all were seized with horrible fear. On which account the Romans dragged
him out of the river Tiber, bore him away in derision to Vienne, and sunk him
in the river Rhone. For Vienne means, as it were, Way of Gehenna, because it
was then a place of cursing. And evil spirits were there and did the same
things.
Those men, therefore, not enduring to
be so harassed by demons, removed the vessel of cursing from them and sent it
to be buried in the territory of Losania. But when they were troubled
exceedingly by the aforesaid vexations, they put it away from them and sunk it
in a certain pool surrounded by mountains, where even yet, according to the
account of some, sundry diabolical contrivances are said to issue forth.
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