In an incident recorded by Josephus, the prefect began work on an aqueduct to bring water into Jerusalem and used funds from the temple treasury to finance the project.
पीलातुस ने ये पैसे ज़बरदस्ती नहीं लिए क्योंकि उसे मालूम था कि ऐसा करना मंदिर का घोर अपमान होगा ।