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A Shocking Betrayal
Commentators are stunned by the chief priests' declaration. As leaders of a nation that believed God was their true king, they publicly rejected their heritage and Messianic hope. In their desperate hatred of Jesus, they chose to align themselves with the pagan Roman emperor, a move scholars like Calvin call "shocking madness." This reveals how profoundly sin can cause people to betray their deepest convictions.
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AT Robertson
On John 19:15
Away with him, away with him (αρον, αρον). First aorist active imperative of αιρω. See αιρε in Lu 23:18. This thing has gotten on …
Charles Ellicott
On John 19:15
19th Century
Bishop
But they cried out...—Better, they cried out therefore... They feel the sting of Pilate’s irony, therefore cry t…
Charles Spurgeon
On John 19:15–17
19th Century
Preacher
But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, W…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On John 19:15
The time in view here depends on the method of reckoning “the sixth hour.” If it were reckoned from midnight, it would be about six o’clock in the …
John Calvin
On John 19:15
16th Century
Theologian
We have no king but Caesar. It is a display of shocking madness that the priests, who should have been well acquainted with the Law, rejec…
John Gill
On John 19:15
17th Century
Pastor
But they cried out, Away with him
As a person hateful and loathsome to them, the sight of whom they could not bear; and this t…
Matthew Henry
On John 19:1–18
17th Century
Minister
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in later ages, be considered and spoken of by the best and greatest…