John 19:3-4. And they smote him with their hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
That is the second time he said it. He had declared it before; in the 38th verse of the previous chapter we read, "I find in him no fault at all." And now again, "That ye may know that I find no fault in him." "Then came Jesus forth" - you can see him going down the steps out of Pilate’s hall into that same courtyard - "wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them" - "Ecce Homo" - "behold the man." He does not call him king; he only gives him the title of man. As if to say, "How foolish are you to think there is any danger from him; look at him in all his suffering and shame."
John 19:3-4. And they smote him with their hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
That is the second time he said it. He had declared it before; in the 38th verse of the previous chapter we read, "I find in him no fault at all." And now again, "That ye may know that I find no fault in him." "Then came Jesus forth" - you can see him going down the steps out of Pilate’s hall into that same courtyard - "wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them" - "Ecce Homo" - "behold the man." He does not call him king; he only gives him the title of man. As if to say, "How foolish are you to think there is any danger from him; look at him in all his suffering and shame."