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They were instant (ἐπέκειντο)
Instant, in the sense of urgent, pressing. See on Luk 7:4. Compare Rom 12:12; 2Ti 4:2; Luk 7:4; Act 26:7. The verb means to lie upon, and answers to our vulgarism, to lay one's self down to work. Compare Aristophanes, “Knights,” 253: κἀπικείμενος βόα, roar with all your might. Lit., roar, lying down to it.
Their voices
Omit of the chief priests.
Prevailed (καίσχυον)
Had power (ἰσχύς) to bear down (κατά) the remonstrances of Pilate. Only here and Mat 16:18.