Luke 23:16

16 emendatum ergo illum dimittam

Luke 23:16 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 23:16

I will therefore chastise him
Give him some correction, as by scourging, or beating with rods: this he proposed, not because he thought him deserving of it, but in complaisance to the Jews; since it would look as if their charges were not altogether weak and groundless; and that Jesus was not entirely innocent: this would carry a show of guilt and punishment, and he hoped this might be thought sufficient, and so he should please them, and save Jesus from dying, which he much desired: and release him; from his bonds, and let him go.

Luke 23:16 In-Context

14 dixit ad illos obtulistis mihi hunc hominem quasi avertentem populum et ecce ego coram vobis interrogans nullam causam inveni in homine isto ex his in quibus eum accusati

15 sed neque Herodes nam remisi vos ad illum et ecce nihil dignum morte actum est ei

16 emendatum ergo illum dimittam

17 necesse autem habebat dimittere eis per diem festum unum

18 exclamavit autem simul universa turba dicens tolle hunc et dimitte nobis Barabban