Pilate page 14

Pilate page 14 by ric gustafson


Pilate was assigning quotas for the annual tribute.
A hand went up.
" Yes Zacchaeus".
" My Prefect".  The small in statue tax collector smiled. " I miscalculated Jericho's tribute last year by 50,000 sesterces".
Pilate looked at him.
He took out a pouch from around his waist and opened it. He took out some money and placed it on the table. " This should cover it".
Pilate stared at the tax collector in disbelief.
The Tribune walked in.
" My Prefect, trouble is brewing regarding that Rabbi from Galilee".
" What did he do now?".
" With a homemade whip in his hand, he drove out the merchants in the Temple courtyard and overturned the tables of the moneychangers".
" Why would he do that?".
" He said that his Father's house was for prayer and they had made it into a den of robbers".
" Tribune, keep me informed".


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