Luke 23:16, Luke 23:22 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 23:13-25

We have here the blessed Jesus run down by the mob, and hurried to the cross in the storm of a popular noise and tumult, raised by the malice and artifice of the chief priests, as agents for the prince of the power of the air. I. Pilate solemnly protests that he believes he has done nothing worthy of death or of bonds. And, if he did believe so, he ought immediately to have discharged him, and not only so, but to have protected him from the fury of the priests and rabble, and to have bound his... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 23:13-25

23:13-25 Pilate summoned the chief priests and the rulers and the people, and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was seducing the people from their allegiance; and--look you--I have examined him in your presence, and of the accusations with which you charge him, I have found nothing in this man to condemn; and neither has Herod; for he sent him back to us. Look you--nothing deserving death has been done by him. I will therefore scourge him and release him." All together they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 23:16

I will therefore chastise him ,.... Give him some correction, as by scourging, or beating with rods: this he proposed, not because he thought him deserving of it, but in complaisance to the Jews; since it would look as if their charges were not altogether weak and groundless; and that Jesus was not entirely innocent: this would carry a show of guilt and punishment, and he hoped this might be thought sufficient, and so he should please them, and save Jesus from dying, which he much desired: ... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:16

Verse 16 Luke 23:16.I will therefore chastise him, and release him. If any slight offense had been committed, which was not a capital crime, the Roman governors (262) were wont to cause the offenders to be beaten with rods; and this kind of punishment was called, in the Latin language, coerctio Pilate, therefore, acts unjustly when, after pronouncing Christ to be free from all blame, he resolves to punish him, as if he had been guilty of an ordinary offense; for he not only declares that he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:1-25

Jesus vindicated by his enemies. We pass now from the ecclesiastical to the secular sphere. The charge brought forward in the Sanhedrin is blasphemy ; before Pilate and Herod the charge must be sedition and treason. Yet amid his unscrupulous enemies unimpeachable testimony is forthcoming of his innocence. I. THE TESTIMONY ELICITED BY PILATE . ( Luke 23:1-7 ,) The accusation made against Christ was twofold: Now, the first part of the accusation was totally false.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:13-16

And Pilate … said unto them.., behold I… have found no fault in this Man … No, nor yet Herod:… lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him ; more accurately rendered, is done by him. This was the Roman's deliberate judgment publicly delivered. The decision then announced, that he would scourge him ( Luke 23:16 ), was singularly unjust and cruel. Pilate positively subjected a Man whom he had pronounced innocent to the horrible punishment of scourging, just to satisfy the clamour of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:13-25

The Lord is tried again before Pilate, who wishes to release him, but, over-persuaded by the Jews, delivers him to be crucified. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:16

Guilty compromise. Twice (see Luke 23:22 ) Pilate made this offer to the Jews. He would chastise Jesus and release him; he would thus gratify them by putting the Object of their hatred to pain and humiliation, and he would satisfy his own conscience by saving an innocent man from the last extremity. It was a poor and a guilty compromise he proposed as a solution. If Jesus were as guilty as they claimed that he was, he deserved to die, and Pilate was in duty bound to condemn him to death;... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 23:16

I will therefore chastise him - The word “chastise” here means to “scourge or to whip.” This was usually done before capital punishment, to increase the sufferings of the man condemned. It is not easy to see the reason why, if Pilate supposed Jesus to be “innocent,” he should propose publicly to scourge him. It was as “really” unjust to do that as it was to crucify him. But probably he expected by this to conciliate the minds of his accusers; to show them that he was willing to gratify them if... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 23:13-16

Luke 23:13-16. And Pilate Having received an account of what had passed before Herod; called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people Namely, such of them as had appeared against Jesus as his accusers; and said, Ye have brought this man unto me as one that perverteth the people As having taught doctrines injurious to your religion, and also to the civil peace and the Roman government; and behold I have examined him before you And heard all that could be alleged against... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 23:13-25

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 23:13-25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 23:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 23:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:1-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:13-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:13-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 23:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 23:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 23:13-16

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