At my church, I have been involved in the confirmation program several times. We pair a confirmand with a mentor. A confirmand is an 8th grader or higher who wants to publicly profess their faith and be a church member.
During my last confirmation pairing, I noticed something that I never noticed before. As we studied the Apostle’s Creed, I noticed that Pontius Pilate was specifically mentioned, “suffered by Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried.” How many times have I said and read that prayer? I’m just now noticing this.
Psalms and prayers were first oral, shared from person to person until a time when they could be written down. We know that there were other crucifixions at the time; Jesus was not alone on crosses that day. Were there other’s claiming to the Messiah who were also crucified? Was this saying to forget about the rest … the one crucified by Pontius Pilate was the true Messiah?
I don’t know if there is a reason for this. In the generations since that worded and rewords prayers, I don’t know why Pontius Pilate continues to get this attention. It was just sometime interesting I noticed.
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