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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comRobertson Word Pictures - John 19:4 - 19:4
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I bring him out to you (agō humin auton exō). Vividly pictures Pilate leading Jesus out of the palace before the mob in front.
That ye may know (hina gnōte). Final clause with hina and the second aorist active subjunctive of ginōskō, “that ye may come to know,” by this mockery the sincerity of Pilate’s decision that Jesus is innocent (Joh 18:38). It is a travesty on justice and dignity, but Pilate is trying by a bit of humour to turn the mob from the grip of the Sanhedrin.