Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how many things they testify against you?”
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Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how many things they testify against you?”
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Then saide Pilate vnto him, Hearest thou not howe many things they lay against thee?
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- Matthew 26:62 The high priest stood up, and said to him, “Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?”
- John 18:35 Pilate answered, “I’m not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me. What have you done?”
- Acts 22:24 the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not…
13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
Ver. 13. Hearest thou not, &c.] Yes, well enough; but there is a time when a man should be as a "deaf man that heareth not, and as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth," Psa 38:13. Ego aurium Dominus, ut tu linguae, said he in Tacitus to his obstreperous adversary. If I cannot command thy tongue, yet I can command mine own ears. And the "prudent will keep silence in an evil time," saith Amos, Amo 5:13. {See Trapp on "Mat 26:62"} Patience and silence were Isaac’s apology to Ishmael. Sile, et funestam dedisti plagam, saith Chrysostom.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then saith Pilate unto him,.... Observing he made no…
Then saith Pilate unto him,.... Observing he made no reply to the accusations of the chief priests and elders, and in order to draw something out of him,
hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? art thou deaf? or dost thou not take in what is alleged against thee? dost thou not consider the nature of these charges? how many, and of what kind the depositions are now made by persons of such rank and figure? art thou under no concern to make answer to them?
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain They witness against thee - This means, rather, that…
They witness against thee - This means, rather, that they accused him. They were not “witnesses,” but accusers. These accusations were repeated and pressed. They charged him with exciting the people, teaching throughout, all Judea from Galilee to Jerusalem, and exciting the nation to sedition, Luk 23:5.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Hearest thou not how many things (posa , quanta,…
Hearest thou not how many things (posa , quanta, what great things) they witness against thee? Among the charges was one that Jesus stirred up the people to revolt, both in Galilee and Judaea. The mention of Galilee offered to Pilate a chance of escaping the responsibility of the trial, and led to his sending Christ to Herod, as St. Luke relates. (Luk_23:6-12) It was on the return from Herod that the final scene took place. Pilate evidently did not believe that this dignified, meek, inoffensive Man was guilty of sedition, and he desired to hear his defence, which he was willing to receive favourably. (Act_3:13)
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 13, 14. He gave no answer. To their charges…
13, 14. He gave no answer. To their charges of seeking to establish a worldly kingdom and of stirring up sedition he returned not a word. His impressive silence moved Pilate deeply.
B. W. Johnson's The People's New Testament with Notes (1889–1891) — public domain. Electronic text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) ThML edition.