Matthew 27:2

Matthew 27:2 Pila,tw| {B}

If Ponti,w| had been present originally, there is no good reason why it should have been deleted. On the other hand, its insertion by copyists is natural at the first passage where Pilate’s name occurs in the Gospels. The two names also appear in Luke 3:1; Acts 4:27; 1 Timothy 6:13. In the post-apostolic church the double name was common (cf. Ignatius, Trall. 9, Magn. 11, Smyr. 1, and many passages in Justin Martyr). In Josephus’s Antiquities, XVIII.ii, Pila/toj occurs frequently, with Po,ntioj Pila/toj at the first occurrence.