Pilate was one of these direct Roman rulers of Judea.

彼拉多是罗马任命的直接统治者之一
Galilee was ruled by a son of Herod the Great,

加利利被希律大帝的一个儿子
Herod Antipas,

希律·安提帕统治着
and different descendants of Herod

而希律的不同后代
would rule in different parts of Palestine for many years after that.

之后统治了巴勒斯坦不同地区很多年
During the first century there were sporadic uprisings among the Jews,

公元一世纪犹太人中有很多零星的起义
some of them were apocalyptic,

其中一些是受启示的
that is, they seem to have been Jews who

他们曾经是犹太人中
were expecting the end to come but sometimes they seemed to

希望结局降临的人但有时他们又好像
have expected that they were supposed to start it.

期待着结局由他们带来
So, for example, you have Josephus tell us about

举个例子约瑟斯告诉我们
Jewish prophets who arise and say,

犹太先知出现并说