1-5 Compare Mat_27:1-14; Mar_15:2-5 : Joh_18:28-38.
1 The trial now takes on a new character. It passes from the religious
to the political phase. It would be quite useless to bring the
Sanhedrin's findings before Pilate, because he was not to be drawn
into their religious quarrels, so long as thes... [ Continue Reading ]
26 Compare Mat_27:32; Mar_15:21; Joh_19:17.
26 Tradition has sought to surround the cross with a false glamour by
making it cross-shaped, instead of a single upright stake. The word
"cross" itself has so embedded itself in the hearts of the saints that
it would seem cruel to tear it out. Yet those... [ Continue Reading ]