They were instant.—Literally, they pressed upon Him. As the adjective is almost passing into the list of obsolescent word…

I will therefore chastise him, and release him. (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.) And they cried out all at once, …

St. Augustine of Hippo: Luke returns to the events that were happening before the governor, from which he had digressed to relat…

In vivid Greek, Luke brings the crowd’s action to a climax. He shifts attention from Pilate to the people by ending the Greek sentence in v.23 not …

And they were instant with loud voices
They were urgent, and insisted upon his crucifixion, and pressed hard for it,…

The fear of man brings many into this snare, so that they do an unjust thing against their consciences, rather than get into trouble. Pilate declar…