People's commentary on the Gospel according to LukeContaining the common version, 1611, and the Revised version, 1881 American reading and renderings . ty between themselves. 13 ^ And Pilate, when he had called togetherthe chief priests and the rulers and the people, 14 Said unto them, Ye have brousht thisman unto me, as one that i)erverteth the peo-ple ; and, behold, I, having examined him be-fore you, have found no fault in this mantouching those things whereof ye accuse him : 15 No, nor yet Herod : for I sent you to him ;and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done untohim. Revised Version. 12
People's commentary on the Gospel according to LukeContaining the common version, 1611, and the Revised version, 1881 American reading and renderings . ty between themselves. 13 ^ And Pilate, when he had called togetherthe chief priests and the rulers and the people, 14 Said unto them, Ye have brousht thisman unto me, as one that i)erverteth the peo-ple ; and, behold, I, having examined him be-fore you, have found no fault in this mantouching those things whereof ye accuse him : 15 No, nor yet Herod : for I sent you to him ;and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done untohim. Revised Version. 12 Pilate. And Herod and Pilate becamefriends with each other that very day : forbefore they were at enmity between them-selves. 13 And Pilate called together the chiefpriests and the rulers and the people, and 14 said unto tliem. Ye brought unto me thisrnan, as one that perverteth the people :and behold, I, having examined him beforeyou, found no fault in this man touching 15 those things whereof ye accuse liira: no,nor yet Hei od : for * he sent him back untous; and behold, nothing worthy of death Many ancient authorities read I sent ijou to 504 A COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF LUKE. [Ltjke 23-16-23. hiiu. It is a remarkable fact that Pilate, Herod, Pilates wife, Judas, thetliief on the cross, and the Roman centurion who had charge of the crucifixion,unite in testifying to the faultless character of Jesus. 16. chastise him, and release him] But if Jesus was innocent, as Pi-late had just declared hira to be, why chastise or scourge him? If Jesushad been a Poman citizen it would have been contrary to law to scourge legal investigation, his recognition of Herods right over a Galilsean,his declaration of the innocence of the prisoner, were just and manly not release Jesus? He feared to provoke the angry, turbulent Jews,and hoped they would yield if the prisoner was subjected to the horriblescourging. Pilate was weak ; he knew, and they knew, that an accusatio
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