John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 23:23
And they were instant with loud voices ,.... They were urgent, and insisted upon his crucifixion, and pressed hard for it, and exerted their voices, and more loudly called: requiring him, that he might be crucified : desiring it in the most importunate manner; signifying, that it must be, that nothing else would content them: and the voices of them, and the chief priests, prevailed ; upon Pilate to grant their request, contrary to the dictates of his own conscience, the conduct of... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 23:22
And he said unto them the third time ,.... After Christ had been sent back to him from Herod; for he had declared before he had sent him to him, that he found no fault in him, John 18:38 . Why, what evil hath he done ? what capital crime has he committed? is he guilty of murder? or sedition? or blasphemy? or robbery, and theft? or any other enormous a crime? I have found no cause of death in him ; why he should be put to death at all; and much less to this shameful and painful... read more