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Jerome's Latin Vulgate
secundum Matthæum 23:16
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Concordances:
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- CondensedParallel Translations
Emendatum ergo illum dimittam.
Emendatum ergo illum dimittam".
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Isaiah 53:5, Matthew 27:26, Mark 15:15, John 19:1-4, Acts 5:40, Acts 5:41
Reciprocal: Matthew 27:15 - General Mark 15:6 - General Luke 23:22 - I will Acts 3:13 - whom
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I will therefore chastise him,.... Give him some correction, as by scourging, or beating with rods: this he proposed, not because he thought him deserving of it, but in complaisance to the Jews; since it would look as if their charges were not altogether weak and groundless; and that Jesus was not entirely innocent: this would carry a show of guilt and punishment, and he hoped this might be thought sufficient, and so he should please them, and save Jesus from dying, which he much desired: and release him; from his bonds, and let him go.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I will therefore chastise him - The word “chastise” here means to “scourge or to whip.” This was usually done before capital punishment, to increase the sufferings of the man condemned. It is not easy to see the reason why, if Pilate supposed Jesus to be “innocent,” he should propose publicly to scourge him. It was as “really” unjust to do that as it was to crucify him. But probably he expected by this to conciliate the minds of his accusers; to show them that he was willing to gratify them if it “could” be done with propriety; and perhaps he expected that by seeing him whipped and disgraced, and condemned to ridicule, to contempt, and to suffering, they would be satisfied. It is farther remarked that among the Romans it was competent for a magistrate to inflict a “slight” punishment on a man when a charge of gross offence was not fully made out, or where there was not sufficient testimony to substantiate the precise charge alleged. All this shows,
- The palpable “injustice” of our Lord’s condemnation;
- The persevering malice and obstinacy of the Jews; and,
- The want of firmness in Pilate.
He should have released him at once; but the love of “popularity” led him to the murder of the Son of God. Man should do his duty in all situations; and he that, like Pilate, seeks only for public favor and popularity, will assuredly be led into crime.
