Matthieu 27:22

22 Pilate ajouta: Que ferai-je donc de Jésus qu'on appelle Christ? Tous lui répondirent: Qu'il soit crucifié.

Matthieu 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.


FOOTNOTES:

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

Matthieu 27:22 In-Context

20 Mais les principaux sacrificateurs et les anciens persuadèrent au peuple de demander Barabbas, et de faire périr Jésus.
21 Et le gouverneur, reprenant la parole, leur dit: Lequel des deux voulez-vous que je vous relâche? et ils dirent: Barabbas.
22 Pilate ajouta: Que ferai-je donc de Jésus qu'on appelle Christ? Tous lui répondirent: Qu'il soit crucifié.
23 Et le gouverneur leur dit: Mais quel mal a-t-il fait? Alors ils crièrent plus fort: Qu'il soit crucifié!
24 Pilate, voyant qu'il ne gagnait rien, mais que le tumulte augmentait, prit de l'eau et se lava les mains devant le peuple, en disant: Je suis innocent du sang de ce juste; c'est à vous d'y penser.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.