Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 19:6-7
John 19:6-7. When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him,— The priests, whose rage and malice had extinguished not only the sentiments ofjustice, and all the feelings of pity, but that love which countrymen bear to one another,—no sooner saw Jesus, than they began to fear that the fickle populace might relent; and therefore, laying decency aside, they led the way to the mob, crying out with all their might, Crucify him! crucify him! The governor, vexed to find the rulers thus... read more
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 19:6
When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him! Pilate saith unto them, Take him yourselves and crucify him: for I find no crime in him.This might be taken in two ways. It looks like a suggestion by Pilate that the Jews go ahead and crucify Jesus without a legal sentence, with the implied promise of the governor to look the other way. Had not Pilate himself just imposed a merciless scourging upon an innocent, and without any legal... read more