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14. Ὁ δὲ Πιλάτος ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς, “Ti γὰρ κακὸν énoincey!;” Οἱ δὲ περισσοτέρως Ζ ἔκραξαν, “'Σταύρωσον αὐτόν. 15. Ὁ δὲ Πιλάτος βουλόμενος τῷ ὄχλῳ τὸ ἱκανὸν ποιῆσαι, ἀπέλυσεν αὗτοῖς τὸν Βαραββᾶν: καὶ παρέδωκε τὸν ᾿Ιησοῦν, φραγελλώσας, ἵνα σταυρωθῇ.
16. Οἱ δὲ στρατιῶται ἀπήγαγον αὐτὸν ἔσω τῆς αὐλῆς, ὅ ἐστι πραιτώριον, καὶ συγκαλοῦσιν ὅλην τὴν σπεῖραν, 17. καὶ ἐνδύουσιν 3 αὐτὸν πορφύραν, καὶ περιτιθέασιν αὐτῷ πλέδαντες ἀκάνθινον στέ- Φανον, 18. καὶ ἤρέαντο ἀσπάζεσθαι αὐτόν, “Χαΐρε, βασιλεῦ τῶν Ιουδαίων: 19. καὶ ἔτυπτον αὐτοῦ τὴν κεφαλὴν καλάμω, καὶ ἐνέπτυον αὐτῷ, καὶ τιθέντες τὰ γόνατα προσεκύνουν αὐτῷ. 20. Καὶ ὅτε ἐνέπαιξαν αὐτῷ, ἐδέδυσαν αὐτὸν τὴν πορφύραν, καὶ ἐνέδυσαν αὐτὸν τὰ ἵμάτια τὰ rat: καὶ ἐξάγουσιν αὐτόν, ἵνα σταυρώσωσιν
αὐτόν.
21. καὶ ἀγγαρεύουσι παράγοντά τινα Σίμωνα Κυρηναῖον,
ἐρχόμενον ἀπ᾿ ἀγροῦ, τὸν πατέρα ᾽Αλεξάνδρου καὶ Ῥούφου, ἵνα apn
τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ.
22. ΚΑΙ φέρουσιν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ Γολγοθᾶ ὅ τόπον, ὅ ἐστι µεθερµηνευό-
1 εποι. κακον in BCA.
ὂπερισσως in ΝΑΒΟΡΔ. Vide below.
Σενδιδυσκουσιν in SBCDA. Vide below. 4 For τα ιδια BCA have αυτον (W.H.); δν reads τα ιδια ιµατια avrov (Tisch.).
5 τον Γολγοθαν in SBLAZ.
title.—Ver. 14. This final speech of Pilate presents a subtle combination of honesty and craft. He says what he really thinks: that Jesus is innocent, and he makes sure that the people really mean to stand to what they have said. --περισσῶς, beyond measure: the po- sitive here is stronger than the com- parative περισσοτέρως (T.R.), and it is far better attested. Ver. 15. Pilate was now quite sure what the people wished, and so, as an opportunist, he let them have their way.—r6 ἱκανὸν ποιῆσαι : to satisfy (here only in N. T.)=satisfacere in Vulg., perhaps a Latinism (vide Grotius), but found in later Greek (vide Raphel and Elsner).—payeAddoas : certainly a Latinism, from flagellare. : Vv. 16-20. Mocked by the soldiers (Mt. xxvii, 27-31).—Ver. 16. The soldiers in charge of the prisoner con- duct Him into the barracks (ἔσω τῆς αὐλῆς, ὅ ἐστιν πραιτώριον = into the court, that is, the praetorium—Weiz- sacker), and call together their comrades to have some sport.—6Anv τὴν σπεῖραν: “a popular exaggeration” (Sevin); at most 200 men,—Ver. 17. ἐνδιδύσκουσιν for ἐνδύουσιν, T.R.: a rare word. not in
classics, found in Sept. and Joseph. (and in Lk. viii. 27, xvi. 19), and because rare, the more probable reading.—opovupav, a purple garment, for Mt.’s yAapvda κοκκίνην = ‘ scarlet robe ᾿..---ἀκάνθινον σ.: here and in John xix. 5. η Vv. 21-26. The crucifixion (Mt. XXVii. 32-37, Lk. xxiii. 26, 33-38).—Ver. 21. Gyyapevovow: on this word vide on Mt. v. 41.—aqm’ ἀγροῦ: this detail in Mk. and Lk. has been taken as an un- intentional hint that the crucifixion took place a day earlier than the synoptical statements imply. Coming from the country, 7.¢., from his work. But even Holtzmann, H. C., disallows the in- ference: ‘as if nine in the morning were evening after work time, and εἰς ἀγρὸν in Mk. xvi. 12 meant ploughing or reaping ”.—Adeg., Ῥούφ.: these names imply interest in the persons referred to within the circle of Mk.’s first readers, presumably well-known Christians. Rufus in Rom. xvi. 13? Alexander in Acts xix. 33 ?—Ver. 22. Φέρουσιν α., they carry Him: ‘“ferunt, non modo ducunt,” Bengel. It would appear that Jesus was so weak through the strain of. the last few days, and the scourging,