# Is anyone in the Bible real?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 29, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-in-the-bible-real/744548 "2016-01-29T03:31:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeXen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@HeXen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeXen)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-in-the-bible-real/744548/61 "2016-02-01T01:25:05Z")

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No they’re just made up to scare the gay out of children.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-in-the-bible-real/744548/62 "2016-02-04T13:44:14Z")

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> [@Atamasama](#):
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> He was a member of the Pontius family, part of the Equestrian order of Rome. (Equivalent to a knight in later centuries I suppose.) He ruled Judea under the military title of Prefect. His Latin name was Pilatus, Greek name Pilatos.

Thanks - I had it backwards.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-in-the-bible-real/744548/63 "2016-02-04T15:50:41Z")

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“Give to Ceasar what is Ceasar’s” comes to mind. I’m pretty sure Ceasar was real.

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