Teks -- John 18:29 (NET)

18:29 So Pilate came outside to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?”

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Robertson: Joh 18:29 - Went out

Went out ( exēlthen exō ).

Note both ex and exō (went out outside), since the Sanhedrin would not come into Pilate’ s palace. Apparently on a gallery over the pavement in front of the palace (Joh 19:13).

Robertson: Joh 18:29 - Accusation

Accusation ( katēgorian ).

Old word for formal charge, in N.T. only here, 1Ti 5:19; Tit 1:6.

Robertson: Joh 18:29 - Against this man

Against this man ( tou anthrōpou toutou ).

Objective genitive after katēgorian . A proper legal inquiry.

Vincent: Joh 18:29 - Pilate

Pilate

Note the abruptness with which he is introduced as one well known. Two derivations of the name are given. Pilatus , one armed with the pilum or javelin , like Torquatus , one adorned with a collar ( torques ). Or, a contraction from Pileatus , wearing the pileus or cap , which was the badge of manumitted slaves. Hence some have supposed that he was a freedman. Tacitus refers to him as connected with Christ's death. " The author of that name (Christian), or sect, was Christ, who was capitally punished in the reign of Tiberius, by Pontius Pilate" (" Annals," xv. 44). He was the sixth Roman procurator of Judea.

Vincent: Joh 18:29 - What accusation

What accusation

Not implying Pilate's ignorance of the charge, but his demand for the formal accusation.

JFB: Joh 18:29-32 - Pilate went out to them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?

State your charge.

Clarke: Joh 18:29 - Pilate then went out

Pilate then went out - This was an act of condescension; but, as the Romans had confirmed to the Jews the free use of all their rites and ceremonies, the governor could not do less than comply with them in this matter. He went out to them, that they might not be obliged to come into the hall, and thus run the risk of being defiled.

Calvin: Joh 18:29 - Pilate therefore went out to them

29.Pilate therefore went out to them This heathen is not unwilling to encourage a superstition, which he ridicules and despises; but in the main point of the cause, he performs the duty of a good judge, when he orders them, if they have any accusation, to bring it forward. The priests, on the other hand, not having sufficient authority to condemn him whom they pronounce to be guilty, make no other reply, than that he ought to abide by their previous decision.

TSK: Joh 18:29 - What

What : Mat 27:23; Act 23:28-30, Act 25:16

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Joh 18:29 - accusation

The Roman governor humours them in their superstition (the Romans having granted them the liberty of their religion): they scruple to go into the ordinary place of judgment; he goes out to them, and calls for their

accusation of Christ, according to the ordinary and regular course of judgments.

Gill: Joh 18:29 - Pilate then went out unto them // and said, what accusation bring ye against this man

Pilate then went out unto them,.... Either into the street, or rather into the place called the pavement, and in Hebrew Gabbatha; see Joh 19:13 the place where the Jewish sanhedrim used to sit; wherefore in complaisance to them, since they would not come into his court of judicature, he condescends to go into one of theirs, which showed great civility and humanity in him:

and said, what accusation bring ye against this man? meaning, what offence had he committed? what crime had they to charge him with? what did they accuse him of? and what proof had they to support their charge? His view was, to have the matter stated, the cause opened, and evidence given; that the accused being face to face with the accusers, might answer for himself; and he, as a judge, be capable of judging between them: all which were very commendable in him, and agreeably to the Roman laws; and have an appearance of equity, justice, and impartiality.