They witness against you. This means, rather, that they accused him. They were not witnesses, but accusers. These accusa…

This was the time for Jesus to be silent, like a sheep before her shearers. His silence astonished Pilate, as His speech had before overaw…

St. Augustine of Hippo: Matthew, having finished his digression concerning the traitor Judas, returns to the course of his narra…

Persistent charges by “the chief priests and the elders” evoke only silence from Jesus. If Jesus had said nothing at all, Pilate would be bound to …

Then saith Pilate unto him
Observing he made no reply to the accusations of the chief priests and elders, and in ord…

Having no malice against Jesus, Pilate urged Him to clear Himself and labored to get Him discharged. The message from his wife was a warning. God h…

Above, the Evangelist recounted what Christ suffered from the Jews; here, he recounts what He suffered from the Gentiles. And he does four things:<…