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?
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Gill's Exposition
Then saith Pilate unto him,.... Being angry with him, resenting his silence, and looking upon it as a contempt of him;
speakest thou not unto me? he wondered that he stood in no fear of him, who was…
Barnes' Notes
Speakest thou not ... - This is the expression of a man of pride. He was not accustomed to be met with silence like this. He endeavored, therefore, to address the fears of Jesus, and to appall him…
Here is a further account of the unfair trial which they gave to our Lord Jesus. The prosecutors carrying it on with great confusion among the people, and the judge with great confusion in his own…
Cambridge Bible
Then saith, &c. Better, Pilate therefore saith to Him, Tome Speakest thou not?Whatever He might do before His Jewish persecutors, it was folly to refuse an answer to the Roman governor.
power Or,…