Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 27:24
When Pilate saw that . . . a tumult was made. It was a dangerous
time for a tumult, with more than a million Jews in Jerusalem, and
probably not a thousand Roman soldiers in the castle. If one occurred,
it would be reported to Rome, and he could hardly make a plausible
defense to the emperor. He therefore yielded, and gave his sanction to
confessed wrong, rather than endanger himself.
Washed [his] hands. A symbolic act, meaning that the responsibility
of the sin was upon the Jewish authorities and people instead of
himself.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 27:24
Mark 15:1-20
Luke 23:1-25
Luke 23:18
John 18:28-40
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