Matthew 27:13 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 27:13

Then Pilate asked Him, “Do You not hear how many charges they are bringing against You?”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then saith Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

KJV

Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

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Commentary

5 voices

Origen of Alexandria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (253)

Neither then nor now did Jesus make any reply to their accusations, for the word of God was not sent to them, as it was formerly to the Prophets. Neither was Pilate worthy of an answer, as he had no fixed or abiding opinion of Christ, but veered about to contradictory suppositions. Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 13 and following) Then Pilate said to him: Do you not hear how many testimonies they speak against you? And he did not respond to him with any word, so that the governor wondered greatly. Now it was customary for the governor to release one prisoner to the people on the solemn day, whom they desired. Indeed, it is a Gentile who condemns Jesus, but he refers the matter to the Jewish people. Do you not hear how many testimonies they speak against you?

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Then saith Pilate unto him,.... Observing he made no reply to the accusations of the chief priests and elders, and in order to draw something out of him, hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? art thou deaf? or dost thou not take in what is alleged against thee? dost thou not consider the nature of these charges? how many, and of what kind the depositions are now made by persons of such rank and figure? art thou under no concern to make answer to them?

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

They witness against thee - This means, rather, that they accused him. They were not “witnesses,” but accusers. These accusations were repeated and pressed. They charged him with exciting the people, teaching throughout, all Judea from Galilee to Jerusalem, and exciting the nation to sedition, Luk 23:5.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

These verses describe our Lord’s appearance before Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor. That sight must have been wonderful to the angels of God. He who will one day judge the world allowed himself to be judged and condemned, though “he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth” ( Isaiah 53:9 ). He, from whose lips Pilate and Caiaphas will one day receive their eternal sentence suffered silently, an unjust sentence to be passed upon him.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τότε	Tote	Then	G5119 →
λέγει	legei	says	G3004 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to Him	G846 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Πιλᾶτος·	Pilatos	Pilate;	G4091 →
οὐκ	ouk	Not	G3756 →
ἀκούεις	akoueis	do you hear	G191 →
πόσα	posa	how many things	G4214 →
σου	sou	You	G4771 →
καταμαρτυροῦσιν;	katamarturousin	they witness against?	G2649 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 26:62
So the high priest stood up and asked Him, “Have You no answer? What are these men testifying against You?”
leads to
- John 18:19–24
  Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.
- John 19:9–11
  and he went back into the Praetorium. “Where are You from?” he asked. But Jesus gave no answer.
- Luke 23:9
  Herod questioned Jesus at great length, but He gave no answer.
- Mark 14:60
  So the high priest stood up before them and questioned Jesus, “Have You no answer? What are these men testifying against You?”
Through
Acts 22:24
the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him.
leads to
- Acts 21:31–32
  While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.
- Acts 21:34
  Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, and some another. And since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.
- Acts 23:10
  The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.
- John 19:1
  Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew