Began to accuse (ηρξαντο κατηγορειν). They went at it and kept it up. Luke mentions three, but neither of them includes their real…

Regarding the phrase This fellow, the word fellow is not in the original text. It conveys a sense of contempt, which they undoubt…

Perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute . . .—Saint Luke’s report of the accusation is more definite than t…

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he hims…

St. Augustine of Hippo: After Luke finished relating Peter's denial, he recounted everything that took place concerning our Lord…

Verse 1 links the Jewish and Roman trials. The “whole assembly” is the Sanhedrin. Pilate was Roman governor (procurator) of the province of Judah. …

And they began to accuse him
After they found that Pilate would not receive him as a malefactor upon their word, and…

Pilate well understood the difference between armed forces and our Lord's followers. But instead of being softened by Pilate's declaration of his i…