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Podcast: All God's Women
Episode: Pilate's Wife: She Tried to Save Jesus
Description: Last week we looked at Jewish slave girls who got caught up in the fight against Jesus. Today we look at Herod’s wife, a Roman first lady, who spoke out in support of Jesus.Just one verse recorded by one gospel writer. That’s all the mention of this Roman wife of the governor of Judea. Mrs. Pilate had the peace of recognizing who Jesus was and doing her part to stand by Him. Though the Bible doesn’t tell us what happened to her, the Greeks made a saint of her and many historians believe that s...