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Joh_19:4-5. Πάλιν ] For, according to Joh_18:40, Pilate has returned into the praetorium, and has caused Jesus to be scourged, Joh_19:1. The scourging was certainly carried out so that the Jews could see it. The prisoner, scourged and arrayed like the caricature of a king, he causes to be led forth in his train.
ὑμῖν ] Vobis; what follows gives the more exact explanation of this reference.
ἵνα γνῶτε , κ . τ . λ .] For had he found Him guilty, he would certainly not make the repeated attempt, implied in this leading forth and presentation of Jesus to them, to change the mind of the Jews, but would dispose of the matter by ordering execution.
Joh_19:5. ἐξῆλθεν … ἱμάτιον is not a parenthesis, but the narrative, according to which Jesus comes forth in the train of Pilate, proceeds without interruption, in such a manner, however, that with λέγει (Pilate) the subject suddenly changes; see Heindorf, ad Plat. Euthyd. p. 275 B; Kühner, ad Xen. Mem. ii. 1. 8.
φορῶν ] Not φέρων ; for the kingly attire is now to the close of the proceedings His permanent garb (Lobeck, ad Phryn. p. 585).
The short significant ecce homo! behold the man, whose case we are condemning! has its eloquent commentary in the entire manifestation of suffering in which the ill-treated and derided one was set forth. This suffering form cannot be the usurper of a throne! The words are gently and compassionately spoken, and ought to excite compassion (comp. already Chrysostom); it is in Joh_19:14 that he first says with bitterness: ἴδε ὁ βασιλεὺς ὑμῶν .