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The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.
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A Passover Tradition
Commentators explain that the crowd's request was not random. It was a known custom for the Roman governor to release one prisoner to the people during the Passover festival. This tradition, which scholars note was a regular practice by Pilate, set the stage for the dramatic choice that was about to unfold.
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As he was wont to do unto them (καθως εποιε αυτοις). Imperfect of customary action again and dative case.
19th Century
Anglican
As he had ever done to them.—More accurately, as he ever used to do to them.
Baptist
And he therefore hoped that the people, who were not moved by the same envy, would have chosen to have Jesus set free.
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There apparently had been an uprising in the city of Jerusalem (cf. Lk 23:19), and one of the insurrectionists was a man named Barabbas (his first …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the multitude crying aloud The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read, and when the "multitude", or "people we…
Presbyterian
They bound Christ. It is good for us often to remember the bonds of the Lord Jesus, as bound with him who was bound for us. By delivering up the Ki…
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