Yourselves (υμεις). Emphatic. Pilate shrewdly turns the case over to the Sanhedrin in reply to their insolence, who have said noth…

Judge him. The Jews had not directly informed him that they had judged him and pronounced him worthy of death. Pilate th…

Take ye him, and judge him according to your law.—Pilate takes them at their word. They claim the judicial right; let the…

Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they s…

St. Augustine of Hippo: The Evangelist returns to the point where he had left off to relate Peter’s denial. He says they then le…

Pilate took much the same position Gallio later did at Paul’s arrest in Corinth (Acts 18:12–16). An argument about the ceremonial requi…

According to your law. Pilate, offended by their barbarous and violent proceedings, undoubtedly reproaches them by stating that this form …

Then said Pilate unto them Either ironically, knowing that they did not, or it was not in their power, to judge in capita…

It was unjust to put one to death who had done so much good; therefore, the Jews were willing to save themselves from reproach. Many fear the scand…

1. Now the Evangelist tells about Christ’s being handed over to the Gentiles. This involves three points: