Verse 20
And Pilate spake unto them again desiring to release Jesus; and they shouted, saying, Crucify, crucify him.
Summers has a very interesting comment on this, in which he pointed out that the mob took up a chant, as also indicated in Luke 23:18 in the words "all together." He said:
Transliterated into English-character syllables it is: [Greek: Stau-rou], [stau-rou-ton]! [Greek: Stau-rou], [stau-rou-ton]! Even in English words, the cadence of a chant is present: Cru-ci-fy, cru-ci-fy-him! Cru-ci-fy, cru-ci-fy-him! That was the most dreadful "one-two - one-two-three-four" beat ever to sound in the ears of men.[12]One can only stand in amazement at the cowardice and injustice of a weakling governor who had the legions of the Roman army under his command, but who nevertheless yielded to a mob's rape of justice by any such device as this.
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