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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the whole multitude of them,.... Of the chief priests, Scribes, and elders; the whole of the sanhedrim, excepting Nicodemus, and Joseph of Arimathea, having in their court condemned Christ to death: arose; from the council chamber, where they sat in judgment upon him: and led him unto Pilate, the Roman governor, and into the praetorium, or...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
This chapter carries on and concludes the history of Christ's sufferings and death. We have here, I. His arraignment before Pilate the Roman governor, ver. 1-5. II. His examination before Herod, who was tetrarch of Galilee, under the Romans likewise, ver. 6-12. III. Pilate's struggle with the people to release Jesus, his repeated testimonies...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. Our Lord had been taken to the tribunal of Annas and of Caiaphas, and sow the whole multitude of them arose and led him unto Pilate. The first two tribunals were ecclesiastical and religious. There they charged him with crimes against the law. Now they take him to Pilate, and bring...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
, And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. And they began to accuse him saying, We found this — Put in what word you like — villains — scoundrel — our translators could not find a better word than that inexpressive-expressive word “fellow.” “We found Eats fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they began to accuse him,.... After they found that Pilate would not receive him as a malefactor upon their word, and delivery of him to him as such; but insisted on knowing what they had to charge him with, and what accusation they had to bring against him: saying, we have found this fellow perverting the nation; the nation of the Jews. Three...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. A wily charge. It was the duty of the ruler of the province to protect the province from any rebellion against Caesar; so they put in the, “He perverts the nation, forbids to give...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar saying that he himself is Christ a King. And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it. Another of the evangelists tells us that he first asked Pilate what he meant by the question, explaining that he only claimed the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Pilate asked him, saying,.... Observing that it was said, he had given himself out to be a king; for as for what regarded religion, he took no notice of it; he put this question to him, art thou the King of the Jews? that their prophecies speak of, and they have expected; and he answered him and said, thou sayest it; that is, thou sayest well;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? It must have seemed a strange question to himself, as he saw the poor emaciated form of Jesus of Nazareth standing before him. “Art thou the King of the Jews?” Luk_23:3. And he angered him and said, Thou sayest “It is even so.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then said Pilate to the Chief priests, and to the people,.... Both to the sanhedrim, and to the mob that were gathered together about the governor's palace on this occasion; and who were standing without the judgment hall, into which they would not enter, lest they should be defiled, and be unfit to eat the passover: wherefore Pilate came out to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. He took him aside and conversed with him, and perceived that his kingdom was not of a kind that would interfere with Caesar. As he looked at him, he found that it was not a matter which really could concern the great Roman Empire. It was in no danger from him....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place. When Pilate heard them say Galilee, he caught at that; ‘he did not wish to displease the multitude.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they were the more fierce,.... Or urgent to have him put to death; so the Hebrew word חזק is rendered in Exodus 12:33 which answers to that here used. "They cried out", as the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read; they were more clamorous and noisy; they cried out louder, and exerted themselves with great fury and violence, and added...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place. He caught at that.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
When Pilate heard of Galilee,.... "The name of Galilee", as the Syriac and Persic versions read when that was mentioned, he asked; the Ethiopic version says, the "Galilaeans"; some of which might be present, being come to the feast of the passover, and were very proper persons to inquire of: whether the man were a Galilean; so Jesus was reputed to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean. And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod’s jurisdiction, For Herod was ruler of Galilee.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilean. And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time. So away the Master goes; he must be dragged through the streets again to a third tribunal. Oh! thou blessed Lamb of God! Never were sheep...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction,.... The country which was under his power, and he had the government of; for Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, Lu 3:1. This was Herod Antipas, the son of Herod the great, and the same that beheaded John the Baptist; wherefore as soon as Pilate found that Jesus was one of his province,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time. By which he answered two purposes. First, he would get out of the scrape himself; and secondly, he would compliment Herod by acknowledging that, as the man was a Galilean, he was under Herod’s jurisdiction. What devices men have to escape from responsibility! This vacillating...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad,.... For though he had been brought up in his country, and had so frequently preached, and wrought miracles there, he had never seen him before; and to have a sight of him, was a great indulgence to his curiosity: for he was desirous to see him of a long season; perhaps ever since he had heard of his...