He perceived (εγινωσκεν). Imperfect tense descriptive of Pilate's growing apprehension from their conduct which increased his intu…

And he therefore hoped that the people, who were not moved by the same envy, would have chosen to have Jesus set free.

The Venerable Bede: Pilate furnished many opportunities for releasing Jesus, in the first place contrasting a robber with the J…

The question of Pilate implies that the crowd had asked for the release of Jesus (perhaps Jesus Barabbas?). It is po ible that Pilate mistook the c…

For he knew that the chief priests
The Persic version reads in the singular, "the chief of the priests", or the high…

They bound Christ. It is good for us often to remember the bonds of the Lord Jesus, as bound with him who was bound for us. By delivering up the Ki…