16Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
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Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. …
And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. …
And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-18)We have here sentence of death passed upon our Lord Jesus, and execution done soon after. A mighty struggle Pilate had had within him between his convictions and his corruptions; but at length his convictions yielded, and his corruptions prevailed, the fear of man having a greater power over him than the fear of God. I. Pilate gave judgment against Christ, and signed the warrant for his execution,…
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