John 19:10 (WEB)
Pilate therefore said to him, “Aren’t you speaking to me? Don’t you know that I have power to release you and have power to crucify you?”
Fathers and councils · 9
Augustine of Hippo
“This may very well agree with what Luke records in connection with the said accusation brought by the Jews.” — editor's note: John xix. 8–12.
Read the whole comment“From thenceforth Pilate sought to release Him.”” — editor's note: John xix. 6–12.
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John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Pilate, agitated with fear, begins again examining Him: And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art Thou? He no longer asks, What hast Thou done? But Jesus gave him no answer. For he who…
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In comparing the accounts of the different Evangelists together, we find that this silence was maintained more than once; viz. before the High Priest, before, Herod, and before Pilate. So that the prophecy of Him, As…
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He remaining thus silent, Then saith Pilate unto Him, Speakest Thou not unto me? knowest Thou not that I have power to crucify Thee, and have power to release Thee? See how he condemns himself. If all depends upon…
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So He answers. When He was silent, He was silent not as guilty or crafty, but as a sheep: when He answered, He taught as a shepherd. Let us hear what He saith; which is that, as He teacheth by His Apostle, There is…
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He that delivered Me unto thee, i. e. Judas, or the multitude. When Jesus had boldly replied, that unless He gave Himself up, and the Father consented, Pilate could have had no power over Him, Pilate was the more…
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Pilate had sought from the first to release: so we must understand, from thence, to mean from this cause, i. e. lest he should incur guilt by putting to death an innocent person.
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 19:9–12 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 19:9–12 (Catena Aurea).