The King of the Jews (τον βασιλεα των Ιουδαιων). That phrase from this charge sharpened the contrast between Jesus and Barabbas wh…

Will ye that I release unto you . . .?—The form of the question in Greek implies (as does the similar form in John 18:39) a half hope of a…

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…

But Pilate answered them; saying Being satisfied of the innocence of Jesus, and being willing to dismiss him: