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Mat 27:25. Πᾶς ὁ λαὸς, κ.τ.λ., all the people, etc.) An argument against the Jews why they are at present in exile, although that exile is somewhat less severe than formerly.-ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς, κ.τ.λ., upon us, etc.) cf. Deu 28:18; Psa 69:24; Psa 109:17. They mean, “We will be accountable for it.”[1189]
[1189] They bind themselves with the bonds of guilt, but yet do not thereby set Pilate free from it. You may possibly, in a single moment, commit an act which you must pay the penalty of throughout your whole life, nay, even throughout eternity. Nor are there wanting persons who have much less hesitation in incurring guilt than Pilate had.-V. g.