Insurrection (στασιν). An old word for sedition, standing off, the very charge made against Jesus (and untrue). If Jesus had raise…

Who for a certain sedition.—St. Luke’s and St. Mark’s accounts agree more closely than the others. St. John alone speaks …

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…

Luke provides only a brief statement about Barabbas and his crimes. “For the third time” Pilate protests Jesus’ innocence. Again, we see Luke’s con…

Who, for a certain sedition made in the city Of Jerusalem: he had made an insurrection in it, in opposition to the govern…

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…