Lukas 23:22

22 Er aber sprach zum drittenmal zu ihnen: Was hat denn dieser Übles getan? Ich finde keine Ursache des Todes an ihm; darum will ich ihn züchtigen und loslassen.

Lukas 23:22 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 23:22

And he said unto them the third time
After Christ had been sent back to him from Herod; for he had declared before he had sent him to him, that he found no fault in him, ( John 18:38 ) .

Why, what evil hath he done?
what capital crime has he committed? is he guilty of murder? or sedition? or blasphemy? or robbery, and theft? or any other enormous a crime?

I have found no cause of death in him;
why he should be put to death at all; and much less to this shameful and painful death of the cross, which was the punishment of slaves, and of the vilest of men, which they were desirous of:

I will therefore chastise him, and let him go;
this he said, not as if he was determined to do it, whether they liked it, or not; but as signifying what he willed, or chose, and hoped they would be contented with, that he should be scourged, or beaten, and dismissed, as he at first proposed.

Lukas 23:22 In-Context

20 Da rief Pilatus abermals ihnen zu und wollte Jesum loslassen.

21 Sie riefen aber und sprachen: Kreuzige, kreuzige ihn

22 Er aber sprach zum drittenmal zu ihnen: Was hat denn dieser Übles getan? Ich finde keine Ursache des Todes an ihm; darum will ich ihn züchtigen und loslassen.

23 Aber sie lagen ihm an mit großem Geschrei und forderten, daß er gekreuzigt würde. Und ihr und der Hohenpriester Geschrei nahm überhand.

24 Pilatus aber urteilte, daß ihr Bitte geschähe,