τὸν ᾿Ιησοῦν. 21. ot δὲ ἐπεφώνουν, λέγοντες, “ Σταύρωσον, σταύρω-
22. Ὁ δὲ τρίτον εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς, “Τί γὰρ κακὸν > , 2 x ὐδὲ ” 6 , Φ > ο κε 9 , 5 ἐποίησεν οὗτος; οὐδὲν αἴτιον θανάτου εὗρον ἐν αὐτῷ παιθεύσας οὖν αὐτὸν ἀπολύσω.”
gov! αὐτόν.
23. Οἱ δὲ ἐπέκειντο φωναῖς µενάλαις, αἰτούμενοι αὐτὸν σταυρωθῆναι: καὶ κατίσχυον αἱ φωναὶ αὐτῶν «αἱ τῶν ἄρχιερ- έων.' 44. Ὁ δὲδ Πιλάτος ἐπέκρινε γενέσθαι τὸ αἴτημα αὐτῶν : 25. ἀπέλυσε δὲ αὐτοῖς " τὸν διὰ στάσιν καὶ φόνον βεβλημένον eis τὴν ὃ φυλακήν, ὃν Πτοῦντο: τὸν δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦν παρέδωκε τῷ θελήµατι αὐτῶν.
26. Καὶ ὡς ἀπήγαγον ὃ αὐτόν, ἐπιλαβόμενοι Σίµωνός τινος Κυρη ναίου τοῦ ἐρχομένου 7
dw’ ἀγροῦ, ἐπέθηκαν αὐτῷ τὸν σταυρόν, Φέρει’ ὄπισθεν τοῦ ᾿Ιησοῦ.
27. ᾿Ηκολούθει δὲ αὐτῷ πολὺ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ,
1 σταυρον, στανρου in SBD. Τ.Ε. = ALX, etc.
3 Omit kat των αρχ. NBL (Tisch., W.H.).
3 For ο δε BL have και. 4 Omit αυτοις NABDX, etc 5 Omit την NBD 6g al. 6 απηγον in B (W.H. πιατρ.).
7 Ῥιμωνα τινα K—ov ερχ--ον in SBCDLX 13, 33 al. (Tisch., W.H.).
with the aorist (here only in N.T.), hence probably the reading of T.R., BeBXnpevos.—Ver. 20. πάλιν, again, a second time. Lk. carefully enumerates the friendly attempts of Pilate, hence τρίτον in ver. 22. The first is in νετ. 10.—Ver. 21. ἐπεφώνουν, shouted (Boa κράζει, Hesych.), in Lk. only, and in reference to the people (Acts xii, 22).— σταύρου (active, not middle = orav- pov}, '' crucify,” repeated, with passion ; thoughtless, foolish, impulsive mob !— Ver.22. τρίτον: third and final attempt, showing some measure of earnestness on Pilate’s part.—ri γὰρ κακόν: the yap answers to the hostile mood of the people = I cannot respond to your demand for, etc. ; the “‘ why, what evil,” etc., of the A.V. is a happy rendering. In this final appeal, Pilate states most distinctly his opinion that Jesus is innocent.—Ver. 23. ἐπέκειντο, ‘they were instant,” A.V. The verb is used absolutely.— κατίσχνον, were Overpowering ; ‘‘ ecce gentis ingenium!”’ Pricaeus.—\er. 24. ἐπέκρινεν, decided, gave judgment; here only in N.T. and in 2 Maccab. iv. 47, 3 Maccab. iv. 2. It was not a con- demnation but simply a sentence to death under pressure.—atrypa, desire, here and in Phil. iv. 6 in this sense.— Ver. 25. τὸν διὰ σ.: the repetition of this description, instead of giving the mame, is very expressive.—T@® θελήµατι α., to their will Weak man and wicked people!
Vv. 26-32. On the way to the cross (Mt. xxvii. 31-34, Mk. xv. 21).—Ver. 26. ἀπήγαγον: who led Jesus away is not indicated. It might seem it was the mob, to whose will Jesus had just been delivered. But Lk. does not mean that. He simply continues the story, asin Mk., omitting the mockery of the soldiers (Mk. xv. 16-20), who, that brutal sport ended, led Him out (ἐξάγουσιν, Mk. xv. 20). Lk. omits also the scourging, which even Mt. and Mk. hurry over (¢@payeAh- ώσας).- -ἐπιλαβόμενοι: a Greek word substituted for the foreign technical ayya- ρεύειν in the parallels (usually takes the genitive in the Gospel, here also in T.R., accusative in W. and H.’s text, vide Acts xvii. το, xviii. 17).--ὄπισθεν του ᾿Ιησοῦ does not mean that Simon helped Jesus to bear the cross, carrying the end behind Jesus. They laid the whole cross on him.
V. 27 f. This incident of the women following in the crowd is peculiar to Lk. ---καὶ γυναικῶν, and of women ; they are the part of the crowd in which the story isinterested. They were mainly women of Jerusalem (νετ. 28).— at ἐκόπτοντο, etc.: they indulged in demonstrative grief by gesture and voice (ἐθρήνουν), contrary to rule it would appear (‘‘ non planxerunt eductum ad supplicium, sed interius luxerunt in corde,” Lightfoot on Mt. xxvii. 31), but great grief heeds not rules.—Ver. 28. ἐπ᾽ ἐμέ, ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτὰς are brought close together to emphasise the