Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. These words struck pilate s wife with such a moral force, she lost all touch with crowd and time and christ. Veronica, pontius pilates wife, is beautiful, brilliant, and weary of her worldly life. Pilate s report to caesar of the crucifixion of jesus duration. In later tradition, she becomes known as procula latin. Very little, except that she was highborn, roman, welleducated and wealthy and the wife of the roman governor, pontius pilate, at the time of jesus death on the morning of the trial of jesus, she sent an urgent message to her husband.
Little verifiable fact is known about pilate s wife and, despite this, may has created a vibrant novel which succeeds in bring claudia to life. One day she disguises herself as a servant in order to visit a fortuneteller, and when the seer, mnevis, tells her of a jew, a lovegod, veronica suddenly feels alive, experiencing sudden previsions of inner splendor. Pilates wife has no name in the new testament, but in christian tradition she is variously called procula or procla or claudia. Claudia procula or procles was the wife of pontius pilate and accompanied him to judea during his prefecture there from 26 to 36 ce. A feminist, spiritual novel recasting biblical history in the tradition of lawrences the man who died and kazantzakiss the last temptation of christ veronica. Ive quenched my lamp i struck it in that startwhich every limb convulsed i heard it fallthe crash blent with my sleep i saw depart. Pontius pilate s wife wikipedia audio article duration. With the help of this book, you are sure to get remarkable results because the tips and bits of advice given in this book are strictly sciencebased. It is uncertain whether pilate was actually married, although it is likely. Pontius pilate s wife is the unnamed spouse of pontius pilate, who appears only once in the gospel of matthew, where she intercedes with pilate on jesus behalf. Pilates wife warned him, pilate didnt listen what do we know about pilates wife. It is a detailed and illustrated guide that explains the mat work to attain balance during workouts and get core stability.