Cried out (εκραυγασαν). First aorist active of κραυγαζω, old and rare verb from κραυγη, outcry (Matthew 25:6), as in M…

Then cried they all again.—St. John has not recorded any clamor before, but implies that of Mark 15:8, and Luke 23:5-10.<…

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

Pilate miscalculated the attitude of the crowd at this point. They had been instructed by the priests to ask for the death of Jesus; so instead of …

Then cried they all again For it seems that Pilate had made this proposal once before, and that this was the second time,…

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. …