Mateo 27:22

22 —¿Y qué voy a hacer con Jesús, al que llaman Cristo?—¡Crucifícalo! —respondieron todos.

Mateo 27:22 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 27:22

Pilate saith unto them
As one astonished at their choice: he could not have thought they would have asked the life of so vile a wretch, that had been guilty of such capital crimes, crimes to be abhorred by all men:

what shall I do then with Jesus, which is called Christ?
Surely you would not have me put him to death, and that for no other reason but this, because he is called either by himself or others, Christ, or the Messiah, or the king of the Jews!

they all say unto him, let him be crucified;
which was a Roman punishment, inflicted on the meanest and worst of men; as wicked servants, thieves, robbers, and cut-throats ^F15; and so was not only a torturing and painful death, but a very shameful and ignominious one; yea, an accursed one: in this they all agreed, being instigated to it by the chief priests and elders.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Lipsius de Cruce, l. 1. c. 12, 13.

Mateo 27:22 In-Context

20 Pero los jefes de los sacerdotes y los ancianos persuadieron a la multitud a que le pidiera a Pilato soltar a Barrabás y ejecutar a Jesús.

21 —¿A cuál de los dos quieren que les suelte? —preguntó el gobernador.—A Barrabás.

22 —¿Y qué voy a hacer con Jesús, al que llaman Cristo?—¡Crucifícalo! —respondieron todos.

23 —¿Por qué? ¿Qué crimen ha cometido?Pero ellos gritaban aún más fuerte:—¡Crucifícalo!

24 Cuando Pilato vio que no conseguía nada, sino que más bien se estaba formando un tumulto, pidió agua y se lavó las manos delante de la gente.—Soy inocente de la sangre de este hombre —dijo—. ¡Allá ustedes!