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23. κατίσχυον αἱ φωναὶ αὐτῶν. Comp. ἐπίσχυον, Luk 23:5. St Luke here omits the flagellation (Mat 27:26); the derision and mock homage of the soldiery—the scarlet sagum and crown of thorns; the sad scene of the Ecce Homo; the fresh terror of Pilate on hearing that He called Himself “the Son of God,” and the deepening of that terror by the final questioning in the Praetorium; the “Behold your King!”; the introduction of the name of Caesar into the shouts of the multitude; Pilate’s washing his hands; the last awful shout, “His blood be on us and on our children;” and the clothing of Jesus again in His own garments. (See Matthew 27; Mark 15; John 18, 19.) To suppose that there was a second scourging after the sentence is a mistake. Mat 27:26 is retrospective.