A custom (συνηθεια). Old word for intimacy, intercourse, from συνηθης (συν, ηθος), in N.T. only here, [Reference 1 Corinthians 8:7…

At the Passover.—Compare Excursus F: The Day of the Crucifixion of our Lord.

The King of the Jews.…

Now, Pilate may have thought, if Christ was their King, they would certainly prefer him to a thief and a robber; so he was putting before himself a…

St. Augustine of Hippo: After Pilate had asked, "What is truth?" he remembered a custom of the Jews to release one prisoner at t…

Aware, however, that there were political overtones in the situation that called for some sort of action, Pilate groped for a solution that would b…

But you have a custom. Pilate was continually pondering how he might save Christ’s life. But with the people so fiercely enraged, he attem…

But you have a custom

Not a law, either of God or man's, but a custom; and which was not originally observed at the…

Are you the King of the Jews? That King of the Jews who has been so long expected? Messiah the Prince; are you he? Do you call yourself so, and wou…

1. Previously, the Evangelist told how Pilate examined Christ before his accusers; here, he describes how Pilate questioned him in private. …