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11. Some forget that Greek would have been the Imperial language in the area.

Tue Jul 23, 2019, 03:13 PM

Jul 2019

And that Greek doesn't use English.

It's the equivalent of people who think the Bible was written in KJV English.

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Pontius Pilate's Name Is Found on 2,000-Year-Old Ring [View all] left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 OP

How do you get "Pontius Pilate" from that??? Jake Stern Jul 2019 #1

The same way you get "No Collusion" from Muller's report. 3Hotdogs Jul 2019 #2

So further down in the article Voltaire2 Jul 2019 #3

Faith, I guess. trotsky Jul 2019 #4

Except we know PP was a real person Major Nikon Jul 2019 #5

Pretty interesting... Act_of_Reparation Jul 2019 #6

Yes. Someone noticed a minor Roman official but not MineralMan Jul 2019 #9

Until the 1960s there was pretty much nothing. Igel Jul 2019 #10

Ugh. trotsky Jul 2019 #13

It actually reads PILATO MineralMan Jul 2019 #7

Yup. It's funny, really. MineralMan Jul 2019 #12

1st century the official language was Latin. Voltaire2 Jul 2019 #14

Still, the inscription on that cheap copper ring MineralMan Jul 2019 #15

Does "Pilato' have meaning in-of-itself in Greek? Is it a... NeoGreen Jul 2019 #16

Nope. I ran it through Google Translate, which just gave me: PILATO from MineralMan Jul 2019 #17

I'm not willing to make such an assurance... NeoGreen Jul 2019 #18

Sorry. I can't help you with that. I have no knowledge of Greek MineralMan Jul 2019 #19

It's the Greek form of a Latin name. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2019 #20

still if the claim is that it is a 'seal' ring for signing Voltaire2 Jul 2019 #21

I agree. MineralMan Jul 2019 #22

Even if it was Pilate's ring (some good posts here about raccoon Jul 2019 #23

I wholeheartedley agree... uriel1972 Jul 2019 #24