Unto me (εμο). Emphatic position for this dative. It amounted to contempt of court with all of Pilate's real "authority" (εξουσια)…

Speakest thou not? etc. This is the expression of a man of pride. He was not accustomed to be met with silence like this. He endeavored, t…

Speakest thou not unto me?—The position of the pronoun in the original is strongly emphatic—“To me do You not sp…

When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; and went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? …

St. John Chrysostom: Pilate, agitated with fear, began to examine Him again. He went back into the judgment hall and said to Je…

Jesus’ refusal to answer him angered Pilate, whose conceit and arrogance were shown by his question: “Don’t you realize I have power either to free…

Knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee? This shows that the dread that had suddenly seized Pilate was transitory and had no so…

Then says Pilate to him
Being angry with him, resenting his silence, and looking upon it as a contempt of him;

Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in later ages, be considered and spoken of by the best and greatest…

1. Now the Evangelist discu es the crucifixion of Christ:

   First, the crucifixion itself.

   Second, the death of Christ: afte…