Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 19:7-8

"The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. When Pilate therefore heard this saying, he was the more afraid;" — John 19:7-8 (ASV)

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid:

It shows he was afraid all along—the coward—the vacillating coward—and now a fresh superstition seizes upon him. He believed, as a Roman, in gods many. "What?" said he to himself.

"What if, after all, I should have been torturing a divine Being, a God who has come among men in their likeness?"