After another man stated that he came to bear witness to the truth, this man retorted, "What is (*)  truth?"
This man names the first part of the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus, whose second part is the basis of the Harrowing of Hell. This man's wife, who was sometimes identified with Saint Procula, had a disturbing dream that prompted her to urge him to have nothing to do with a certain man. A comment about a sign prompted this man to declare, "What I have written, I have written." After another man stated that he came to bear witness to the truth, this man retorted, "What is (*)  truth?" This man's custom to release a prisoner during Passover caused a crowd to demand him to release an insurrectionist named Barabbas. For 10 points, name this Roman official who, in the Gospel of Matthew, washed his hands and declared his innocence before delivering Jesus to be crucified.
This man names the first part of the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus,
Pontius  Pilate  [prompt on  Pontius ]