Joh 19:9. Πόθεν whence) Dost thou ask, Pilate? He was of God and from above, as He Himself implies in Joh 19:11, whilst seeming to give no answer to this question. Comp. ch. Joh 18:36-37, [where He states only from whence His kingdom is not, viz. “not of this world;” but not from whence it is, viz. from heaven; but He implies this in saying, “I came into the world.”]