Lucas 23:22

22 Y él les dijo la tercera vez: ¿Por qué? ¿Qué mal ha hecho éste? Ninguna culpa de muerte he hallado en él; le castigaré, pues, y le soltaré.

Lucas 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.

Lucas 23:22 In-Context

20 Y les habló otra vez Pilato, queriendo soltar a Jesús.

21 Pero ellos volvieron a dar voces, diciendo: Cuélguenle, cuélguenle

22 Y él les dijo la tercera vez: ¿Por qué? ¿Qué mal ha hecho éste? Ninguna culpa de muerte he hallado en él; le castigaré, pues, y le soltaré.

23 Mas ellos instaban a grandes voces, pidiendo que fuese colgado de un madero. Y las voces de ellos y de los príncipes de los sacerdotes crecían.

24 Entonces Pilato juzgó que se hiciese lo que ellos pedían;