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And their voices prevailed. <a href="/bsb/luke/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed. <a href="/blb/luke/23.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But they were urgent, asking with loud voices for Him to be crucified. And their voices were prevailing. <a href="/kjv/luke/23.htm">King James Bible</a> And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. <a href="/nkjv/luke/23.htm">New King James Version</a> But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And the voices of these men and of the chief priests prevailed. <a href="/nasb_/luke/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But they were insistent, with loud voices, demanding that He be crucified. And their voices began to prevail. <a href="/nasb/luke/23.htm">NASB 1995</a> But they were insistent, with loud voices asking that He be crucified. And their voices began to prevail. <a href="/nasb77/luke/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a> But they were insistent, with loud voices asking that He be crucified. And their voices began to prevail. <a href="/lsb/luke/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But they were insistent, with loud voices asking that He be crucified. And their voices were prevailing. <a href="/amp/luke/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But they were insistent and unrelenting, demanding with loud voices that Jesus be crucified. And their voices began to prevail and accomplish their purpose. <a href="/csb/luke/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> But they kept up the pressure, demanding with loud voices that he be crucified, and their voices won out. <a href="/hcsb/luke/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> But they kept up the pressure, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And their voices won out. <a href="/asv/luke/23.htm">American Standard Version</a> But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed. <a href="/cev/luke/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The people kept on shouting as loud as they could for Jesus to be put to death. <a href="/erv/luke/23.htm">English Revised Version</a> But they were instant with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed. <a href="/gwt/luke/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> But the crowd pressured Pilate. They shouted that Jesus had to be crucified, and they finally won. <a href="/gnt/luke/23.htm">Good News Translation</a> But they kept on shouting at the top of their voices that Jesus should be crucified, and finally their shouting succeeded. <a href="/isv/luke/23.htm">International Standard Version</a> But they kept pressing him with loud shouts, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their shouts began to prevail. <a href="/msb/luke/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor and that of the chief priests prevailed. <a href="/net/luke/23.htm">NET Bible</a> But they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts that he be crucified. And their shouts prevailed. <a href="/nheb/luke/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. And their voices, and those of the chief priests, prevailed. <a href="/wbt/luke/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And they were urgent with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified: and the voices of them, and of the chief priests prevailed. <a href="/wey/luke/23.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> But they urgently insisted, demanding with frantic outcries that He should be crucified; and their clamour prevailed. <a href="/web/luke/23.htm">World English Bible</a> But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/luke/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And they were pressing with loud voices asking Him to be crucified, and their voices, and those of the chief priests, were prevailing, <a href="/blb/luke/23.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But they were urgent, asking with loud voices for Him to be crucified. And their voices were prevailing. <a href="/ylt/luke/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And they were pressing with loud voices asking him to be crucified, and their voices, and those of the chief priests, were prevailing, <a href="/slt/luke/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they were urgent with great voices, asking for him to be crucified. And their voices and the chief priests overcame.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/luke/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified; and their voices prevailed. <a href="/cpdv/luke/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But they persisted, with loud voices, in demanding that he be crucified. And their voices increased in intensity. <a href="/nabre/luke/23.htm">New American Bible</a> With loud shouts, however, they persisted in calling for his crucifixion, and their voices prevailed. <a href="/nrsvce/luke/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But they kept urgently demanding with loud shouts that he should be crucified; and their voices prevailed.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/luke/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But they persisted with loud voices, and asked to crucify him. And their voice and that of the high priests prevailed. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/23.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> But they were urging him in a loud voice and demanding that they would crucify him, and their voice prevailed, and that of the Chief Priests.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/luke/23.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> But they were urgent with loud voices, demanding that he should be crucified. And their voices, and those of the chief priests, prevailed. <a href="/godbey/luke/23.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And they continued to lay on with great voices, demanding that He should be crucified: and the voices of them and the high priests continued to grow stronger. <a href="/haweis/luke/23.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> But they were instant with the most clamorous vociferations, soliciting that he might be crucified. And their clamours, and those of the chief priests, bore him down. <a href="/mace/luke/23.htm">Mace New Testament</a> but they persisted with great clamour in their demands, to have him crucified: and as the people and chief priests redoubled their clamours, <a href="/wey/luke/23.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> But they urgently insisted, demanding with frantic outcries that He should be crucified; and their clamour prevailed. <a href="/worrell/luke/23.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> But they were urgent, with loud voices, asking that He might be crucified. And their voices prevailed. <a href="/worsley/luke/23.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> But they insisted upon it with loud clamours, demanding Him to be crucified: and their voices and those of the chief priests prevailed. <a href="/parallel/luke/23-23.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=9202" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/luke/23.htm">The Crowd Chooses Barabbas</a> …22A third time he said to them, “What evil has this man done? I have found in Him no offense worthy of death. So after I punish Him, I will release Him.” 23<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">But</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: Hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1945.htm" title="1945: epekeinto (V-IIM/P-3P) -- From epi and keimai; to rest upon.">they were insistent,</a> <a href="/greek/154.htm" title="154: aitoumenoi (V-PPM-NMP) -- To ask, request, petition, demand. Of uncertain derivation; to ask.">demanding</a> <a href="/greek/5456.htm" title="5456: phōnais (N-DFP) -- Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language.">with loud voices</a> <a href="/greek/3173.htm" title="3173: megalais (Adj-DFP) -- Large, great, in the widest sense. "></a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">for Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/4717.htm" title="4717: staurōthēnai (V-ANP) -- From stauros; to impale on the cross; figuratively, to extinguish passion or selfishness.">to be crucified.</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">And</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">their</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hai (Art-NFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5456.htm" title="5456: phōnai (N-NFP) -- Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language.">clamor</a> <a href="/greek/2729.htm" title="2729: katischyon (V-IIA-3P) -- To prevail against, overpower, get the upper hand. From kata and ischuo; to overpower.">prevailed.</a> 24So Pilate sentenced that their demand be met.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/27-22.htm">Matthew 27:22-23</a> “What then should I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify Him!” / “Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!” <a href="/mark/15-13.htm">Mark 15:13-14</a> And they shouted back, “Crucify Him!” / “Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!” <a href="/john/19-15.htm">John 19:15</a> At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests. <a href="/acts/3-13.htm">Acts 3:13-15</a> The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him. / You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. / You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact. <a href="/acts/13-28.htm">Acts 13:28</a> And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed. <a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a> He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. <a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm">Isaiah 53:7</a> He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth. <a href="/psalms/22-16.htm">Psalm 22:16</a> For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet. <a href="/psalms/69-4.htm">Psalm 69:4</a> Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay. <a href="/zechariah/12-10.htm">Zechariah 12:10</a> Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son. <a href="/matthew/20-19.htm">Matthew 20:19</a> and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.” <a href="/mark/10-33.htm">Mark 10:33-34</a> “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles, / who will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill Him. And after three days He will rise again.” <a href="/john/18-40.htm">John 18:40</a> “Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.) <a href="/john/19-6.htm">John 19:6</a> As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.” <a href="/acts/2-23.htm">Acts 2:23</a> He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.<a href="/luke/23-5.htm">Luke 23:5</a> And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.<a href="/psalms/22-12.htm">Psalm 22:12,13</a> Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round… <a href="/psalms/57-4.htm">Psalm 57:4</a> My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/23-13.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/matthew/12-39.htm">Clamour</a> <a href="/luke/18-7.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/luke/23-21.htm">Cross</a> <a href="/mark/16-6.htm">Crucified</a> <a href="/luke/23-21.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/luke/23-22.htm">Death</a> <a href="/luke/23-6.htm">Demanded</a> <a href="/luke/23-22.htm">Demanding</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-29.htm">Frantic</a> <a href="/luke/23-5.htm">Insisted</a> <a href="/james/5-16.htm">Insistent</a> <a href="/mark/14-31.htm">Insistently</a> <a href="/luke/4-5.htm">Instant</a> <a href="/luke/23-18.htm">Loud</a> <a href="/amos/2-2.htm">Outcries</a> <a href="/luke/8-45.htm">Pressing</a> <a href="/luke/21-36.htm">Prevail</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-7.htm">Prevailed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/26-25.htm">Prevailing</a> <a href="/luke/23-13.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Requiring</a> <a href="/mark/15-18.htm">Shouts</a> <a href="/daniel/3-22.htm">Urgent</a> <a href="/mark/15-14.htm">Urgently</a> <a href="/luke/23-18.htm">Voices</a> <a href="/luke/22-68.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/24-20.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-31.htm">Clamour</a> <a href="/acts/7-34.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/luke/23-26.htm">Cross</a> <a href="/luke/23-33.htm">Crucified</a> <a href="/luke/23-46.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/luke/23-25.htm">Death</a> <a href="/john/2-18.htm">Demanded</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/13-3.htm">Demanding</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-29.htm">Frantic</a> <a href="/john/9-9.htm">Insisted</a> <a href="/james/5-16.htm">Insistent</a> <a href="/mark/14-31.htm">Insistently</a> <a href="/romans/12-12.htm">Instant</a> <a href="/luke/23-46.htm">Loud</a> <a href="/john/19-15.htm">Outcries</a> <a href="/acts/24-9.htm">Pressing</a> <a href="/john/12-19.htm">Prevail</a> <a href="/acts/16-15.htm">Prevailed</a> <a href="/acts/19-20.htm">Prevailing</a> <a href="/luke/24-20.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/acts/25-15.htm">Requiring</a> <a href="/acts/14-11.htm">Shouts</a> <a href="/acts/9-38.htm">Urgent</a> <a href="/acts/25-3.htm">Urgently</a> <a href="/john/18-40.htm">Voices</a> <a href="/luke/23-26.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 23</div>1. <a href="/luke/23-1.htm">Jesus is accused before Pilate, and sent to Herod.</a> 8. <a href="/luke/23-8.htm">Herod mocks him.</a> 12. <a href="/luke/23-12.htm">Herod and Pilate become friends.</a> 13. <a href="/luke/23-13.htm">Barabbas is desired of the people, </a> 24. <a href="/luke/23-24.htm">and is released by Pilate, and Jesus is given to be crucified.</a> 26. <a href="/luke/23-26.htm">He tells the women, that lament him, the destruction of Jerusalem;</a> 34. <a href="/luke/23-34.htm">prays for his enemies.</a> 39. <a href="/luke/23-39.htm">Two criminals are crucified with him.</a> 46. <a href="/luke/23-46.htm">His death.</a> 50. <a href="/luke/23-50.htm">His burial.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This moment is a culmination of the growing hostility towards Jesus, which had been building throughout His ministry. The religious leaders had long sought to eliminate Jesus, fearing His influence and the challenge He posed to their authority (<a href="/john/11-47.htm">John 11:47-53</a>). This insistence also fulfills the prophecy of the suffering servant in <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a>, where it is foretold that the Messiah would be rejected by His own people.demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified The demand for crucifixion highlights the severity of the punishment they sought. Crucifixion was a Roman method of execution reserved for the most heinous criminals and was considered extremely shameful and brutal. The loud voices indicate a mob mentality, where reason and justice are overshadowed by emotion and manipulation. This scene echoes <a href="/psalms/22.htm">Psalm 22</a>, a messianic psalm that describes the suffering and rejection of the righteous one.And their clamor prevailed The prevailing clamor signifies the triumph of injustice and the failure of Pilate to uphold justice, despite his initial hesitations (<a href="/luke/23-4.htm">Luke 23:4, 14</a>-15). Pilate's capitulation to the crowd's demands illustrates the political and social pressures of the time, as he sought to maintain order and avoid unrest during the volatile period of Passover. This moment also underscores the fulfillment of God's sovereign plan for redemption through the sacrifice of Jesus, as foretold in the Old Testament (<a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Isaiah 53:10</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_crowd.htm">The Crowd</a> A group of people, likely including religious leaders and common citizens, who were vehemently demanding Jesus' crucifixion. 2. <a href="/topical/p/pontius_pilate.htm">Pontius Pilate</a> The Roman governor who was responsible for overseeing the trial of Jesus and ultimately authorized His crucifixion. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The central figure of Christianity, who is being unjustly accused and sentenced to death. 4. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The city where these events took place, significant as the center of Jewish worship and the location of the Temple. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_crucifixion.htm">The Crucifixion</a> The method of execution that the crowd demanded for Jesus, a pivotal event in Christian theology.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_public_opinion.htm">The Power of Public Opinion</a> The crowd's insistence demonstrates how public opinion can influence leaders and decisions, even when they are unjust. <a href="/topical/t/the_fulfillment_of_prophecy.htm">The Fulfillment of Prophecy</a> Despite the injustice, these events fulfill Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah's suffering and rejection. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a> Pilate's capitulation to the crowd's demands highlights the responsibility of leaders to uphold justice, even under pressure. <a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_sin_and_redemption.htm">The Nature of Sin and Redemption</a> The crucifixion, demanded by the crowd, becomes the means of salvation, illustrating God's redemptive plan through human sinfulness. <a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_discipleship.htm">The Cost of Discipleship</a> Following Christ may involve standing against the crowd and enduring persecution, as Jesus did.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_luke_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Luke 23</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_populism_and_a_populist.htm">What defines populism and a populist?</a> <a href="/q/key_events_in_jesus'_trials.htm">What were the key events in Jesus' trials?</a> <a href="/q/how_did_jesus_promise_instant_paradise.htm">In Luke 23:43, how could Jesus promise immediate paradise to the thief when other texts suggest differing timelines for the afterlife?</a> <a href="/q/joseph's_father__matthew_vs._luke.htm">Who was Joseph's father? (Matthew 1:16 vs. Luke 3:23)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(23) They were instant.--Literally, they pressed upon Him. As the adjective is almost passing into the list of obsolescent words, it may be well to remind the reader that it has the force of "urgent." So we have "instant in prayer" (<a href="/romans/12-12.htm" title="Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;">Romans 12:12</a>), "be instant in season, out of season" (<a href="/2_timothy/4-2.htm" title="Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.">2Timothy 4:2</a>).And of the chief priests.--The words are omitted in many of the best MSS.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 23. - And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. The Roman governor now found that all his devices to liberate Jesus with the consent and approval of the Jews were fruitless. After the clamour which resulted in the release of Barabbas had ceased, the terrible cry, "Crucify him!" was raised among that fickle crowd. Pilate was determined to carry out his threat of scourging the Innocent. That might satisfy them, perhaps excite their pity. Something whispered to him that he would be wise if he refrained from staining his life with the blood of that strange quiet Prisoner. St. Luke omits here the "scourging;" the mock-homage of the soldiers; the scarlet robe and the crown of thorns; the last appeal to pity when Pilate produced the pale, bleeding Sufferer with the words, "Ecce Homo!" the last solemn interview of Pilate and Jesus, related by St. John; the sustained clamour of the people for the blood of the Sinless. "Then he delivered Jesus to their will" (ver. 25). (See <a href="/matthew/27.htm">Matthew 27</a>, <a href="/mark/15.htm">Mark 15</a>, and <a href="/john/19.htm">John 19</a>, for these details, omitted in St. Luke.) Of the omitted details, the most important piece in connection with the "last things" is the recital by St. John of the examination of Jesus by Pilate in the Praetorium. None of the Sanhedrists or strict Jews, we have noticed, were present at these interrogatories. They, we read, entered not into the judgment-hall of Pilate, lest they might be defiled, and so be precluded from eating the Passover Feast. St. John, however, who appears to have been the most fearless of the "eleven," and who besides evidently had friends among the Sanhedrin officials, was clearly present at these examinations. He too, we are aware, had eaten his Passover the evening before, and therefore had no defilement to fear. The first interrogatories have been already alluded to, in the course of which the question, "Art thou a King, then?" was put by Pilate, and the famous reflection by the Roman, "What is truth?" was made. Then followed the "sending to Herod;" the return of the Prisoner from Herod; the offer of release, which ended in the choice by the people of Barabbas. The scourging of the prisoner Jesus followed. This was a horrible punishment. The condemned person was usually stripped and fastened to a pillar or stake, and then scourged with leather throngs tipped with leaden balls or sharp spikes. The effects, described by Romans, and Christians in the 'Martyrdoms,' were terrible. Not only the muscles of the back, but the breast, the face, the eyes, were torn; the very entrails were laid bare, the anatomy was exposed, and the sufferer, convulsed with torture, was often thrown down a bloody heap at the feet of the judge. In our Lord's case this punishment, though not proceeding to the awful consequences described in some of the 'Martyrologies,' must have been very severe: this is evident from his sinking under the cross, and from the short time which elapsed before his death upon it. "Recent investigations at Jerusalem have disclosed what may have been the scene of the punishment. In a subterranean chamber, discovered by Captain Warren, on what Mr. Fergusson holds to be the site of Antonia - Pilate's Praetorium - stands a truncated column, no part of the construction, for the chamber is vaulted above the pillar, but just such a pillar as criminals would be tied to to be scourged" (Dr. Westcott). After the cruel scourging came the mocking by the Roman soldiers. They threw across the torn and mangled shoulders one of those scarlet cloaks worn by the soldiers themselves - a coarse mockery of the royal mantle worn by a victorious general. They pressed down on his temples a crown or wreath, imitating what they had probably seen the emperor wear in the form of laurel wreath - Tiberius's wreath of laurel was seen upon his arms (Suetonius, 'Tiberius,' c. 17). The crown was made, as an old tradition represents it, of the Zizyphus Christi, the nubk of the Arabs, a plant which is found in all the warmer parts of Palestine and about Jerusalem. The thorns are numerous and sharp, and the flexible twigs well adapted for the purpose (Tristram, 'Natural History of the Bible,' p. 429). "The representations in the great pictures of the Italian painters probably come very near the truth" ('Speaker's Commentary'). In his right hand they placed a reed to simulate a sceptre, and before this sad, woebegone Figure "they bowed the knee, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!" Hase ('Geschichte Jesu,' p. 573) is even moved to say, "There is some comfort in the fact that, even in the midst of the mockery, the truth made itself felt. Herod recognizes his innocence by a white robe; the Roman soldiery his royalty by the sceptre and the crown of thorns, and that has become the highest of all crowns, as was fitting, being the most meritorious." It was then and thus that Pilate led Jesus out before the Sanhedrists and the people, as they shouted in their unreasoning fury, "Crucify him!" while the Roman, partly sadly, partly scornfully, partly pitifully, as he pointed to the silent Sufferer by his side, pronounced "Ecce Homo!" But the enemies of Jesus were pitiless. They kept on crying, "Crucify him!" and when Pilate still demurred carrying out their bloody purpose, they added that "by their Law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God." All through that morning's exciting scenes had Pilate seen that something strange and mysterious belonged to that solitary Man accused before him. His demeanour, his words, his very look, had impressed the Roman with a singular awe. Then came his wife's message, telling him of her dream, warning her husband to have nothing to do with that just Man. Everything seemed to whisper to him," Do not let that strange, innocent Prisoner be done to death: he is not what he seems." And now the fact, openly published by the furious Jews, that the poor Accused claimed a Divine origin, deepened the awe. Who, then, had he been scourging? Once more Pilate returns to his judgment-hall, and he says to Jesus, again standing before him, "Whence art thou?" The result of this last interrogatory St. John (<a href="/john/19-12.htm">John 19:12</a>)briefly summarizes in the words, "From thenceforth Pilate sought to release him." The Sanhedrists, and their blind instruments, the fickle, wavering multitude, when they perceived the Roman governor's intention to release their Victim, changed their tactics. They forbore any longer to press the old charges of blasphemy and of indefinite wrong-doing, and they appealed only to Pilate's own dastardly fears. The Prisoner claimed to be a King. If the lieutenant of the emperor let such a traitor go free, why, that lieutenant emphatically was not Caesar's friend! Such a plea for the Sanhedrin to use before a Roman tribunal, to ask for death to be inflicted on a Jew because he had injured the majesty of Rome, was a deep degradation; but the Sanhedrin well knew the temper of the Roman judge with whom they had to deal, and they rightly calculated that his fears for himself, if properly aroused, would turn the scale and secure the condemnation of Jesus. They were right. <a href="/commentaries/luke/23-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>But δὲ (de) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> A primary particle; but, and, etc. they were insistent, ἐπέκειντο (epekeinto) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1945.htm">Strong's 1945: </a> From epi and keimai; to rest upon. demanding αἰτούμενοι (aitoumenoi) Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_154.htm">Strong's 154: </a> To ask, request, petition, demand. Of uncertain derivation; to ask. with loud voices φωναῖς (phōnais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5456.htm">Strong's 5456: </a> Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language. for [Jesus] αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. to be crucified. σταυρωθῆναι (staurōthēnai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive <a href="/greek/strongs_4717.htm">Strong's 4717: </a> From stauros; to impale on the cross; figuratively, to extinguish passion or selfishness. And καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. their αὐτῶν (autōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. clamor φωναὶ (phōnai) Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5456.htm">Strong's 5456: </a> Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language. prevailed. κατίσχυον (katischyon) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2729.htm">Strong's 2729: </a> To prevail against, overpower, get the upper hand. 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