Cornelius a Lapide

Then Pilate entered into the judgment- hall again. He Digitized by Google CHRIST’S WITNESS TO THE TRUTH. 227 had gone out, to hear the charges which the Jews brought against Jesus, and then came back again to examine Him. And said unto Him , Art Thou the King of the Jews? It appears from Luke xxiii. 2, that when the Chief Priests saw that they could not move Pilate by their mere authority to condemn Jesus, they brought against Him the charge of perverting the nation, of forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar. Pilate caught at this last charge, and put this question. See notes on Matt, xxvii. 11