Greek for the information of all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, under the government of our Lord Flavius Theodosius, the 17th year, and in the 6th consulate of Flavius Valentinianus, in the 9th indiction.”  It may here be noted for what it is worth that Justin Martyr (1st Apology, chap, xxxv.) refers the Romans to the Acts of Pilate as public documents open to them, which is testimony far stronger than he gives to any canonical gospel.  “In the 15th year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, King of the Romans, and of Herod, King of Galilee, the 9th year of his reign, on the 8th before the calends of April, which is the 25th of March; in the consulship of Rufus and Rubellio; in the 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad, when Joseph Caiaphas was high priest of the Jews.  Whatsoever, after the cross and passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Saviour God, Nicodemus recorded and wrote in Hebrew, and left to posterity, is after this fashion” ("Apocryphal Gospels,” B.H.  Cowper, pp. 229, 230).  In the first chapter we learn how the Jews came to Pilate, and accuse Jesus, “that he saith he is the son of God and a king; moreover, he profaneth the Sabbaths, and wisheth to abolish the law of our fathers.”  After some conversation, Jesus is brought, and in chap. 2 we read the message from Pilate’s wife, and “Pilate, having called the Jews, said to them, Ye know that my wife is religious, and inclined to practise Judaism with you.  They said unto him, Yea, we know it.  Pilate saith to them, Behold my wife hath sent to me, saying, Have nothing to do with this just man, for I have suffered very much because of him in the night.  But the Jews answered, and said to Pilate, Did we not tell thee that he is a magician?  Behold, he hath sent a dream to thy wife.”  The trial goes on, and Pilate declares the innocence of Jesus, and then confers with him as in John xviii. 33-37.  Then comes the question (chaps, iii. and iv.):  “Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?  Jesus saith to him, Truth is from heaven.  Pilate saith, Is truth not upon earth?  Jesus saith to Pilate, Thou seest how they who say the truth are judged by those who have power upon earth.  And, leaving Jesus within the praetorium, Pilate went out to the Jews, and saith unto them, I find no fault in him.”  The conversation between Pilate and the Jews is then related more fully than in the canonical accounts, and after this follows a scene of much pathos, which is far more in accord with the rest of the tale than the accepted story, wherein the multitude are represented as crying with one voice for his death.  Nicodemus (chap. v.) first rises and speaks for Jesus:  “Release him, and wish no evil against him.  If the miracles which he doth are of God, they will stand; but, if of men, they will come to nought...  Now, therefore, release this man, for he is not deserving of death.”  Then (chaps. vi., vii., and viii.):  “One of the Jews, starting up, asked the governor that he might say a word.  The governor saith, If thou