Even now Pilate was not left to act blindly. A message from God warned him from the deed he was about to commit. In answer to Christ's prayer, the wife of Pilate had been visited by an angel from heaven, and in a dream she had beheld the Saviour and conversed with Him. Pilate's wife was not a Jew, but as she looked upon Jesus in her dream, she had no doubt of His character or mission. She knew Him to be the Prince of God. She saw Him on trial in the judgment hall. She saw the hands tightly bound as the hands of a criminal. She saw Herod and his soldiers doing their dreadful work. She heard the priests and rulers, filled with envy and malice, madly accusing. She heard the words, "We have a law, and by our law He ought to die." She saw Pilate give Jesus to the scourging, after he had declared, "I find no fault in Him." She heard the condemnation pronounced by Pilate, and saw him give Christ up to His murderers. She saw the cross uplifted on Calvary. She saw the earth wrapped in darkness, and heard the mysterious cry, "It is finished." Still another scene met her gaze. She saw Christ seated upon the great white cloud, while the earth reeled in space, and His murderers fled from the presence of His glory. With a cry of horror she awoke, and at once wrote to Pilate words of warning.

Selv nu blev det ikke overladt Pilatus at handle i blinde. Et budskab fra Gud advarede ham mod den udåd, han var i færd med at begå. Som svar på Kristi bøn havde Pilatus hustru fået besøg af en engel fra Himmelen, og i en drøm havde hun set Frelseren og havde talt med ham. Pilatus hustru var ikke jøde, men da hun havde set Jesus i sin drøm, nærede hun ingen tvivl om hans oprindelse eller sendelse. Hun vidste, at han var den guddommelige Konge. Hun havde set ham ved forhøret i retssalen. Hun så, at hans hænder var bundne som en forbryders. Hun så Herodes og hans soldater gøre skrækkelige ting. Hun hørte præsterne og rådsherrerne anklage ham som vanvittige i deres skinsyge og ondskab. Hun hørte disse ord: "Vi har en lov, og efter den lov er han skyldig til døden." Hun så Pilatus lade Jesus piske efter først at have erklæret: "Jeg finder ingen skyld hos ham." Hun hørte dommen blive afsagt af Pilatus og så ham overgive Kristus til sine bødler. Hun så korset rejst på Golgata. Hun så jorden indhyllet i mørke og hørte det forunderlige råb: "Det er fuldbragt." Og endnu et andet syn mødte hendes blik! Hun så Kristus siddende på den store hvide sky, medens jorden vaklede i rummet og hans mordere flygtede bort fra synet af hans herlighed. Med et skrig af rædsel vågnede hun op og skrev straks nogle advarende ord til Pilatus.