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As one that perverteth the people (hōs apostrephonta ton laon). Pilate here condenses the three charges in Luk 23:2 into one (Plummer). He uses a more common compound of strephō here, apostrephō, to turn away from, to seduce, to mislead, whereas diastrephō in Luk 23:2 has more the notion of disturbing (turning this way and that). Note the use of hōs with the particle, the alleged reason. Pilate understands the charge against Jesus to be that he is a revolutionary agitator and a dangerous rival to Caesar, treason in plain words.
Having examined him before you (enōpion humōn anakrinas). Right before your eyes I have given him a careful examination (ana) up and down, krinō, to judge, sift. Old and common verb in the general sense and in the forensic sense as here and which Luke alone has in the N.T. (Luk 23:14; Luk 4:9; Luk 12:19; Act 28:18; Act 24:8) except 1Co 9:3.
Whereof (hōn). Attraction of the relative ha to the case (genitive) of the unexpressed antecedent toutōn.