On the first, Holgersson and his central partner Stephen Keel were painfully slow closing down Chris Pontius.

WSJ: Not Bullish on Defense

Her former colleagues at the Getty have nothing to learn from Pontius Pilate when it comes to washing their hands.

ECONOMIST: The hypocrisies of the antiquities world

Over the summer the UK government, in the shape of the former Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson, was accused by unionists of acting like Pontius Pilate, washing his hands of decisions on parades.

BBC: No mainstream party can wash its hands of flag dispute

Judge Timothy Pontius said all six had taken part in a "disgraceful display of violence" that terrified ordinary people using a busy railway station as bottles were thrown across the street during the fight.

BBC: EDL member jailed for Liverpool Street football brawl

The Vatican itself owns what it believes to be a fragment of the table from the Last Supper and marble stairs that are the same ones Jesus ascended on His way to appear before Pontius Pilate.

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