As he was wont to do unto them (καθως εποιε αυτοις). Imperfect of customary action again and dative case.

As he had ever done to them.—More accurately, as he ever used to do to them.

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…

There apparently had been an uprising in the city of Jerusalem (cf. Lk 23:19), and one of the insurrectionists was a man named Barabbas (his first …

And the multitude crying aloud
The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read, and when the "multitude", or "people we…

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…