Whom they asked for (ον ηιτουντο). Imperfect middle, for whom they had been asking for themselves. Luke repeats that Barabbas was …

Whom they had desired.—Better, whom they were asking for. The tense is imperfect, not pluperfect, and implies that the c…

And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. And he released unto th…

St. Augustine of Hippo: Luke returns to the events that were happening before the governor, from which he had digressed to relat…

In vivid Greek, Luke brings the crowd’s action to a climax. He shifts attention from Pilate to the people by ending the Greek sentence in v.23 not …

And he released unto them, him
Barabbas, who is not named, as being a detestable person, and unworthy to be named; a…

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…