And they were the more fierce, saying , He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
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Gill's Exposition
And they were the more fierce,.... Or urgent to have him put to death; so the Hebrew word is rendered in Exo 12:33 which answers to that here used. "They cried out", as the Syriac, Persic, and…
Barnes' Notes
The more fierce - The more urgent and pressing. They saw that there was a prospect of losing their cause, and they attempted to press on Pilate the point that would be most likely now to affect him.…
Adam Clarke
Saying, He stirreth up the people, etc. - In the Codex Colbertinus, a copy of the ancient Itala or Antehieronymian version, this verse stands thus: He stirreth up the people, beginning from Galilee,…
Our Lord Jesus was condemned as a blasphemer in the spiritual court, but it was the most impotent malice that could be that this court was actuated by; for, when they had condemned him, they knew they…
Cambridge Bible
5-24. The Trial before Herod. Further endeavours of Pilate to procure His acquittal. The Choice of Barabbas. The condemnation to the Cross.
5. And they were the more fierce] Rather, But they were more…
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