John 19:11

John 19:11

9 and went again into the Praetorium, and said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” ^aBut Jesus gave him no answer.

10 Then Pilate said to Him, “Are You not speaking to me? Do You not know that I have¹ power to crucify You, and power to release You?”

11 Jesus answered, ^a“You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore ^bthe one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”

12 From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you let this Man go, you are not Caesar’s friend. ^aWhoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.”

13 ^aWhen Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Thou couldest—rather, "shouldst."

have no power at all against me—neither to crucify nor to release, nor to do anything whatever against Me [BENGEL].

except it were—"unless it had been."

given thee from above—that is, "Thou thinkest too much of thy power, Pilate: against Me that power is none, save what is meted out to thee by special divine appointment, for a special end."

therefore he that delivered me unto thee—Caiaphas, too wit—but he only as representing the Jewish authorities as a body.

hath the greater sin—as having better opportunities and more knowledge of such matters.

John 19:8-11

When Pilate . . . heard this saying, he was the more afraid—the name "SON OF GOD," the lofty sense evidently attached to it by His Jewish accusers, the dialogue he had already held with Him, and the dream of his wife (Matthew 27:19), all working together in the breast of the wretched man.

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