ius ▁Pil ate ▁ ▁All ▁four ▁canonical ▁g osp els ▁state ▁that ▁Jesus ▁was ▁cru c ified ▁during ▁the ▁pre fect ure ▁of ▁Pont ius ▁Pil ate , ▁the ▁Roman ▁governor ▁of ▁Roman ▁Jud ae a . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁Anti qu ities ▁of ▁the ▁Jews ▁ ▁( written ▁about ▁AD   9 3 ), ▁Joseph us ▁states ▁( Ant ▁ 1 8 . 3 ) ▁that ▁Jesus ▁was ▁cru c ified ▁on ▁the ▁orders ▁of ▁Pil ate . ▁Most ▁sch ol ars ▁agree ▁that ▁while ▁this ▁reference ▁includes ▁some ▁later ▁Christian ▁interpol ations , ▁it ▁originally ▁included ▁a ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁execution ▁of ▁Jesus ▁under ▁Pil ate . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁second ▁century ▁the ▁Roman ▁historian ▁T ac it us ▁in ▁The ▁Ann als ▁( c . ▁AD   1 1 6 ), ▁described ▁the ▁per sec ution ▁of ▁Christians ▁by ▁N ero ▁and ▁stated ▁( An n als ▁ 1 5 . 4 4 ) ▁that ▁Jesus ▁had ▁been ▁executed ▁on ▁the ▁orders ▁of ▁Pil ate ▁during ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁T iber ius ▁( Em peror ▁from ▁ 1 8 ▁September ▁AD   1 4 – 1 6 ▁March ▁AD   3 7 ). ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁F la vi us ▁Joseph us , ▁Pont ius ▁Pil ate ▁was ▁governor ▁of ▁J ude a ▁from ▁AD   2 6 ▁until ▁he ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁Mar cell us , ▁either ▁in ▁AD   3 6 ▁or ▁AD   3 7 , ▁establish ing ▁the ▁date ▁of ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Jesus ▁between ▁AD