Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Whence art thou? (poqen ei su). Pilate knew that Jesus was from Galilee (Luke 23:6 f.). He is really alarmed. See a like question by the Jews in John 8:25.
Gave him no answer (apokrisin ouk edwken autw). See same idiom in John 1:22. Apokrisiv (old word from apokrinomai) occurs also in Luke 2:47; Luke 20:26. The silence of Jesus, like that before Caiaphas (Mark 14:61; Matthew 26:63) and Herod (Luke 23:9), irritates the dignity of Pilate in spite of his fears.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 19:9:
Philippians 1:13
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