In lesson 6 (“Blood of the Martyrs”) of the course “Bible and Early Church History,” David Bercot read an extended quote from Tertullian’s “Apology” in which Tertullian stated, “The grave [of Jesus] was found empty of all but the clothes of the buried one. All these things Pilate did to Christ. And now, in fact, a Christian in his own convictions, he sent word of Christ to the reigning Caesar, who was at that time Tiberius.…” Did Tertullian argue that Pilate himself had become a follower of Christ? Or was it merely a convoluted way of Tertullian saying that, in a strictly factual sense, by reporting the empty tomb of Christ, Pilate was functioning as an evangelist — but with the critical caveat that the message didn’t move his heart to obedience? Yet there is the curious reference in the Gospel of Matthew about the foreboding of Pilate’s wife that suggests some kind of biographical backstory at least for her. Is anyone aware of this claim fleshed out any further elsewhere? Or is this simply a roundabout commentary by Tertullian that a key Roman official shared news of the resurrection without regard for its impact on Pilate’s allegiances?