(SIXTH DAY OF THE WEEK.) Jerusalem. LUKE. CH. XXIII. 6-12. because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. 9 Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing. 10 And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him. 11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. 12 And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together; for before they were at enmity between themselves. JOHN. Barabbas. (SIXTH DAY OF THE WEEK.) Jerusalem. CH. XXIII. 13-25. 13 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests, and the rulers, and the people, 14 Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man, touching 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 unto him : 16 I will therefore chastise him, and release him. 17 (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.) CH. XVIII. 39, 40. 39 But ye have a custom that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore, that I release unto you the King of the Jews? 18 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas : 19 (Who, for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) 20 Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. 40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. 21 But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. 148. Pilate seeks to release Jesus. The Jews demand MATTHEW. CH. XXVII. 15-26. 23 And the governor said, Why! what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. 24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person see ye to it. 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. 26 Then released he Barabbas unto them : MARK. CH. XV. 6-15. 14 Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him. 15 And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, § 149. Pilate delivers up Jesus to death. He is scourged CH. XXVII. 26-30. 26 And when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. 28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. 29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand : and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! 30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. CH. XV. 15-19. 15 And delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. 16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Pretorium; and they call together the whole band; 17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head, 18 And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! 19 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees, worshipped him. § 150. Pilate again seeks to release Jesus. Luke xxiii. 24, gave sentence.] The accuracy of Luke, as a man of education, is observable in this statement of the formal judgment pronounced by Pilate, which is Barabbas. (SIXTH DAY OF THE WEEK.) Jerusalem. only implied in the narratives of the other Evangelists. For an account of the two trials of Jesus, see Appendix, No. IV. 150. Pilate again seeks to release Jesus. MATTHEW. MARK. John xix 14, sixth hour.] The apparent contradiction between John and Mark, (ch. xv. 25,) who mentions the third hour, is reconciled by Dr. Campbell, in a critical (SIXTH DAY OF THE WEEK.) Jerusalem. LUKE. JOHN. CH. XIX. 4-16. and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. 7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. 8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; 9 And went again into the judgmenthall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. 10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not, that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? 11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. 12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Cesar's friend. Whosoever maketh himself a king, speaketh against Cesar. 13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment-seat, in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! 15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Cesar. 16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. note upon the force of the expressions in the original, which he interprets as equivalent to saying, in the one case, that it was past three, and in the other, that it was towards six. See CAMPBELL, in loc. |