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Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."
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An Informed Legal Verdict
Commentators explain that Pilate's declaration, "I find no fault in this man," was not a casual remark. It was a formal legal verdict reached after he privately questioned Jesus (as detailed in John 18). Pilate concluded that Jesus' claim to kingship was spiritual and posed no political threat to the Roman Empire.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I find no fault. I see no evidence that he is guilty of what you charge him with. This was after Pilate had taken Jesus into the …
The multitude (τους οχλους). The first mention of them. It is now after daybreak. The procession of the Sanhedrin would draw a cro…
19th Century
Anglican
I find no fault in this man.—The Greek term for “fault” is somewhat more technical than the English, and is almost equiva…
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Baptist
Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the…
Verse 1 links the Jewish and Roman trials. The “whole assembly” is the Sanhedrin. Pilate was Roman governor (procurator) of the province of Judah. …
16th Century
Protestant
And Pilate said to the chief priests and scribes. As Christ had come to bear the punishment of our sins, it was proper that he should firs…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then said Pilate to the Chief priests, and to the people , &c.] Both to the sanhedrim, and to the mob that were gath…
Pilate well understood the difference between armed forces and our Lord's followers. But instead of being softened by Pilate's declaration of his i…
