18For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him,(which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-25)We have here an account of what passed in Pilate’s judgment–hall, when the blessed Jesus was brought thither betimes in the morning. Though it was no court–day, Pilate immediately took his case before him. We have there, I. The trial Christ had before Pilate. 1. His arraignment; Jesus stood before the governor, as the prisoner before the judge. We could not stand before God because of our sins, no…
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