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89 Cards in this Set
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When was Alexander the Great born?
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356 BC
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Who were Alexander the Great's parents?
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Phillip of Macedon and Olympius of Empirus
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How ambitious was Alexander the Great?
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He cried when he thought his father was going to conquer the world
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How much was Alexander the Great in love with Achilles?
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Carried copy of Illiad and took armor from his tomb
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What was the name of Alexander the Great's black horse he tamed as a boy?
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Bucephalus
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Who was Alexander the Great's teacher?
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Aristotle
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At what age did Alexander the Great become a military commander as a regent?
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16
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At what age did Alexander the Great become king?
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20
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What was the Thebes Revolt?
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When people rebelled against Alexander the Great, he killed the men, sold the women and children into slavery, and everyone else capitulated
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At what age did Alexander the Great attack the Medo-Persian Empire?
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22
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Who was the king of the Medo-Persian Empire?
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Darius III
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What was the first major battle against the Medo-Persian Empire?
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Battle of Granicus
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At what battle did the Medo-Persian Empire fall?
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Battle of Guagamela
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What happened at Tyre during Alexander's rule?
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-off the coast of Palestine
-he filled in ocean with rocks/sand which made it into a peninsula -crucified males -sold women and children into slavery |
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What three other empires did he defeat?
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Babylon, Syria, and Egypt
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What city did Alexander the Great find that became the capital of Egypt?
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Alexandria
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At what place did Alexander's city refuse to go any further?
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India
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What is a phalanx?
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Presented a shield wall and a mass of spear points to the enemy
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Where and what did Alexander die from?
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In Babylon from poisoning
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What successors did Alexander leave behind?
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Infant son, soon to be born son, and a half-brother
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Who did Alexander say to give the Empire to?
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The strongest
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How many parts was Alexander's kingdom divided into?
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4
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Who got what after Alexander died?
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Lysimachus (Thrace-modern Bulgaria), Cassander (Greece), Ptolemy (Egypt), Seleucus (Syria and Babylon)
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How long did it take Alexander to conquer the world and at what age and when did he die?
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12 years, 32, 323 BC
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Where is Alexander the Great mentioned in the Bible?
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Daniel 8
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Why does the success of Alexander matter?
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Because the world language became Koine Greek which the New Testament was written in
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What was so great about the NT being written in Koine Greek?
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It was a descriptive language
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What piece of land served as a tension point between Ptolemy and Seleucus?
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Israel
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Who in the end came to rule Israel and decided he wanted Egypt also?
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Antiochus Epiphanes
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Who did the Romans send to stop Antiochus Epiphanes from capturing Alexandria?
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Laenus
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How did Laenus stop Epiphanes from continuing?
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Drew circle around Ephiphanes, warned him to not step out of it until decided on what to do, buckled, and left
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What did Epiphanes do on his way home to Mesopotamia to Israel?
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Attacked it, defiled temple in Jerusalem by taking prostitutes into temple and sacrificing a pig to Zeus in the Holy Place
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Where is Antiochus Epiphanes mentioned in the Bible , who does he represent, and what is his attack on Israel and the temple known as?
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Daniel 8, antichrist, and Abomination of Desolation
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Who led a revolt against the actions of Antiochus Epiphanes?
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the Maccabees (Hasmonean Family)
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What happened when Israel returned to an independent state under the Maccabees?
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They purged the temple, lit a menorah with only one vile of oil which burned for 8 days, and this led to the celebration of Hanukkah
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What province did the Maccabees subjagate and force to convert to Judaism? And what is the significance of this?
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Idumea (Edom)... Unknowingly brought future King, Herod the Great, into the mix
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When was Herod the Great born and when did he die?
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74 BC to 44 BC
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What was Herod the Great's father's name?
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Antipater
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What was Herod the Great by circumcision, but how did he live?
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Jewish, Hellenistic
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At what age was Herod the Great made governor of Galilee?
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25
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Where is Herod mentioned in the Bible?
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Matthew 2
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Who built Masada and where was it built?
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Herod the Great, on a mountaintop fortress to protect Herod and his family in case of revolt
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What was so hard about building Masada?
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It was located near the Dead Sea in the wilderness on a mountaintop
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What type of things did Masada consist of?
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heated baths and saunas, water channels into 12 cisterns (which contained a million gallons of water)
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What happened at Masada after Herod's death and the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD?
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1,000 Jewish rebels holed up at Masada, Romans began to attack by building a ramp up the side of the mountain, and before the Romans reached the top, they all committed mass-suicide
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What was Ceasarea Maritima?
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an enormous harbor built by Herod in honor of Augustus Ceasar with aqueducts and a circular harbor with a narrow inlet
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What was Herodium?
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man-made moutnain on which Herod's palace stood and where his tomb was, destroyed in 70 AD by Romans
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What other building project did Herod the Great undertake?
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The Temple
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When did Herod the Great die?
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4 BC
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Who was Herod Antipas and what did he become?
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Herod the Great's son and became tetrarch along with Philip
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Who did Herod the Great want to be King and rule from Jerusalem?
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Archelaus
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What did the Romans title Archelaus instead of King?
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ethnarch
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What is an ethnarch?
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means people leader and is a better title than tetrarch
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What does tetrarch mean?
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Leader of a fourth of a nation
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Who ended up stealing Philip's wife and what was her name?
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Antipas, Herodias
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Who was the daughter of Herodias and Philip?
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Salome
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How many sons did Herod the Great have?
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7
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Who did Herod the Great dump for a Hasmonean Princess named Mariamme?
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Doris
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Who did Herod the Great name High priest and later kill that was Mariamme's brother?
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Aristobulus II
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How many people died by Herod Antipas' hand?
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Aristobulus II (Mariamme's brother), Alexandra (Mariamme's mother), and their two sons (Alexander and Aristobulus), and Doris' son (Antipater)
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What were the dates of Antipas' rule?
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4 BC-39 AD
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After Anitpas' brother, Archelaus was deposed as ethnarch by the Romans in 6 AD, who took his place?
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Quirinius and later Pontius Pilate
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What did Antipas see Pilate as?
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an intruder
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What city did Antipas build and where did he build it?
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Tiberius, on an ancient graveyard so Jews thought it was defiled (it later became an education center for Judaism)
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Why did Antipas kill John the Baptist and where can this be foudn in the Bible?
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Salome danced for her dad, he promised her anything and made a solemn oath, her mother wanted John the Baptist's head because he preached about their unbiblical marriage (incest), and he was decapitated... Mark 6
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Who did Herod meet in Luke 23?
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Jesus at his trial in 33 AD where Herod Antipas sent him to Pilate and they then became friends
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Herod Antipas' days began to be numbered when who died in 37 AD?
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Tiberius
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Why was Antipas' days numbered?
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Tiberius' nephew, Herod Agrippa, was very close friends with the new Caesar (Caligula)
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What did Herod Agrippa do to cause the ruin of Antipas?
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accused Antipas of plotting against Rome and Caligula took away everything from him and exiled him to Lyon, France
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Did Herodias decide to go with her husband or keep her belongings?
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She went with him
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What happened to Caligula in 41 AD and how long did he reign?
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he was assassinated, 4 years
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Where can we find Herod Antipas dealing with Jesus and John the Baptist in the Bible?
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Acts 12
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How did Agrippa die?
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People called him a god and he didn't rebuke or reject them and was eaten by worms
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Who was Agrippa I the son of?
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Murdered Hasmonean Aristobulus
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Who was Agrippa I sister?
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Herodias
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Who was Agrippa I friend?
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Caligula
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How long did Agrippa I rule?
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39 AD-44 AD
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Who had the larger kingdom: Herod the Great or Herod Agrippa I?
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Herod Agrippa I
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Who was the last of the Herodian rulers?
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Herod Agrippa II
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Who awarded Agrippa II a reduced kingdom in 53 AD?
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Claudius
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Did Agrippa II side with the Romans in the destruction of Israel in 70 AD?
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yes
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Who did Agrippa have an incestuous relationship with?
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His sister, Bernice
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Who was Bernice the lover of? And what did he do?
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Vespasian, dumped her to satisfy the Romans
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Where is Agrippa II mentioned in the Bible?
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Acts
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When was Pontius Pilate the Roman governor?
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26 AD-36 AD
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Who was Pilate friends with who was ultimately killed for attempting to overthrow Tiberius?
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Sejanus
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Was Pilate a friend of Caesar according to the Jews?
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No
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Where is Pilate mentioned in the Bible?
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John
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Where was Pilate exiled to and how did he die?
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Gaul, suicide
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