John Chapter 18 verse 29 Holy Bible
Pilate therefore went out unto them, and saith, What accusation bring ye against this man?
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So Pilate came out to them and put the question: What have you to say against this man?
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Pilate therefore went out to them and said, What accusation do ye bring against this man?
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Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?
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Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"
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Pilate, therefore, went forth unto them, and said, `What accusation do ye bring against this man?'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 29. - Pilate therefore, because of their rooted national prejudice, went out unto them beyond his court, to some open space convenient for hearing the case. Pilate is introduced here without any preliminary statement or title, as though the position of the man were well known to his readers - another proof that the synoptic narrative is presupposed. This scrupulousness contrasts with the summary proceeding of Herod Agrippa (Acts 12:1, 2), and with the conduct of the Roman authorities (Acts 22:24). The very question he asks implies that something had conspired to provoke a certain sympathy on his part with Jesus, and to excite additional suspicion of the Jews. The statement of Matthew 27:19 may account for the former. The fact that he was ready to hear the case at this early hour shows that he must have been prepared for the scene, and even primed for it. Pilate (the manuscripts vary between Peilatos and Pilatos) was the fifth governor of Judaea under the Romans, and held office from A.D. -36. He is represented by Philo ('Legatio ad Caium,' 38) as a proud, ungovernable man; and, in his conflicts with the Jews, he had especial reason to detest their obstinate ceremonial and religious prejudices. Philo speaks of Pilate's "ferocious passions,What accusation do ye bring against this Man? He may have known, probably did know, but chose to give formality to the charge, and not simply to register their decrees.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(29) Pilate then went out unto them.--Better, Pilate therefore went out unto them--i.e., because of their religious scruples they would not enter into the palace.What accusation bring ye against this man?--Comp. John 18:33. They expected that he would have at once ordered His execution; but he asks for the formal charge which they bring against Him. He knew by hearsay what this was, but demands the legal accusation without which the trial could not proceed. As the Roman procurator, he demands what crime Jesus has committed against the Roman law.
