{Crucify him, crucify him} (staur(9373)on, staur(9373)on). First
aorist active imperative of stauro(935c) for which verb see Mt
29:19 , etc. Here the note of urgency (aorist imperative) with no
word for "him," as they were led by the chief priests and the
temple police till the whole mob takes it up ( Mt 27:22 ). {For I
find no crime in him} (eg(9320)gar ouch heurisk(935c)). This is the
third time Pilate has rendered his opinion of Christ's innocence
( 18:38 19:4 ). And here he surrenders in a fret to the mob and
gives as his reason (gar, for) for his surrender the innocence
of Jesus (the strangest judicial decision ever rendered). Perhaps
Pilate was only franker than some judges!
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