John 19:5

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܘܰܢܦ݂ܰܩ ܝܶܫܽܘܥ ܠܒ݂ܰܪ ܟ݁ܰܕ݂ ܐܺܝܬ݂ ܥܠܰܘܗ݈ܝ ܟ݁ܠܺܝܠܳܐ ܕ݁ܟ݂ܽܘܒ݁ܶܐ ܘܢܰܚܬ݁ܶܐ ܕ݁ܰܐܪܓ݁ܘܳܢܳܐ ܘܶܐܡܰܪ ܠܗܽܘܢ ܦ݁ܺܝܠܰܛܳܘܣ ܗܳܐ ܓ݁ܰܒ݂ܪܳܐ ܀

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Behold: John 1:29, Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 40:9, Isaiah 43:1, Lamentations 1:12, Hebrews 12:2

Reciprocal: Judges 8:26 - purple Psalms 52:7 - Lo Isaiah 53:2 - he hath no Zechariah 6:12 - behold Mark 15:9 - Will Luke 23:11 - arrayed John 19:2 - the soldiers John 19:14 - Behold Hebrews 9:19 - scarlet

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then came Jesus forth,.... Out of the judgment hall, or place where he had been scourged, as soon as Pilate had said these words:

wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe; with his temples scratched and torn with the thorny crown, and the blood running down from thence, and his face and eyes swollen with the blows he had received from their closed fists, and all besmeared with his own blood, and the soldiers' spittle; his body appearing to be almost of the same colour with the purple or scarlet robe, through the stripes and lashes he had received, when that was thrown back.

And Pilate saith unto them, behold the man; not their king, that would have provoked them; though he did say so afterwards, when he found he could not prevail upon them to agree to his release; but the man, to move their compassion; signifying, that he was a man as they were, and that they ought to use him as such, and treat him with humanity and pity; and that he was a poor despicable man, as the condition he was in showed; and that it was a weak thing in them to fear anything with respect to any change of, or influence in, civil government from one that made such a figure; and therefore should be satisfied with what had been done to him, and dismiss him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold the man! - It is probable that Pilate pointed to the Saviour, and his object evidently was to move them to compassion, and to convince them, by a sight of the Saviour himself, that he was innocent. Hence, he brought him forth with the crown of thorns, and the purple robe, and with the marks of scourging. Amid all this Jesus was meek, patient, and calm, giving evident proofs of innocence. The conduct of Pilate was as if he had said, “See! The man whom you accuse is arrayed in a gorgeous robe, as if a king. He has been scourged and mocked. All this he has borne with patience. Look! How calm and peaceful! Behold his countenance! How mild! His body scourged, his head pierced with thorns! Yet in all this he is meek and patient. This is the man that you accuse; and he is now brought forth, that you may see that he is not guilty.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 19:5. And Pilate saith — The word Pilate, which we supply in our version, is added by one MS., the later Syriac, later Arabic, and the Coptic.

Behold the man! — The man who, according to you, affects the government, and threatens to take away the empire from the Romans. Behold the man whom ye have brought unto me as an enemy to Caesar, and as a sower of the seeds of sedition in the land! In him I find no guilt; and from him ye have no occasion to fear any evil.