Charles Ellicott Commentary John 19:10

"Pilate therefore saith unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? Knowest thou not that I have power to release thee, and have power to crucify thee?" — John 19:10 (ASV)

Speakest thou not unto me?—The position of the pronoun in the original is strongly emphatic—“To me do You not speak?” Pilate is true to his vacillating character: now, as a man, he trembles before One who may be a Being from the other world; yet now, as a Roman governor, he expects that Being to tremble before him.

Knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?—The text of the better manuscripts inverts the order, reading, ... have power to release Thee, and have power to crucify Thee. This is the more natural order of thought—“Your life is in my power; indeed, and Your death also.”