His wife (η γυνη αυτου). Poor Pilate was getting more entangled every moment as he hesitated to set Jesus free whom he knew to be …

Have thou nothing to do, etc. That is, do not condemn him. Perhaps she was afraid that the vengeance of heaven would follow her husband an…

The judgment seat — The chair of judgment was placed upon a Mosaic pavement and was indispensable to the official action of any pr…

Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. And they had then a notable prisoner, called Ba…

St. John Chrysostom: Because Christ had answered none of the Jews' accusations in a way that would allow Pilate to acquit Him,…

If Roman troops were involved in Jesus’ arrest , Pilate and perhaps his wife would have been informed. The interruption of Pilate’s wife further st…

While he was sitting on the judgment-seat. Although the thoughts that had passed through the mind of Pilate’s wife during the day might be…

When he was set down on the judgment seat
That is, when Pilate the governor, as the Syriac and Persic versions read,…

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:<…