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Matthew 27:23

Matthew 27:23
And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

When Pilate saw he could prevail nothing,.... That it was to no purpose to talk to them, and in favour of Jesus; he saw they were determined upon his crucifixion, and that nothing else would satisfy…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Matthew 27:15-23

See also the parallel places in Mar 15:6-14; Luk 23:17-23; Joh 18:39-40. Mat 27:15 At that feast - The feast of the Passover. The governor was wont to release ... - that is, was “accustomed” to…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Matthew 27:11-26

The Trial before Pontius Pilate

St Mar 15:2-15; St Luk 23:2-7; Luk 23:13-24; St Joh 18:29 to Joh 19:16

St Luke states the threefold charge most clearly: "We found this [fellow] (1) perverting the…