ἐγένοντο φίλοι : that the one positive result of the transaction two rulers, previously on bad terms, reconciled, at least for the time. Sending Jesus to Herod was a politic act on Pilate's part. It might have ended the case so far as he was concerned; it pleased a jealous prince, and it gave him a free hand in dealing with the matter: nothing to fear in that quarter. μετʼ ἀλλήλωγ for ἀλλήλοις (Euthy. Zig., who also substitutes πρὸς ἀλλήλους for πρὸς ἑαυτούς). ὄντες after προϋπῆρχον might have been omitted, as in Acts 8:9, but it serves to convey the idea of continued bad relations.

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