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JOHN 18:29 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
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“Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?”
So Pilate came out to them and said, 'What accusation do you bring against this man?' — Pilate's emergence to interrogate the Jewish leaders, rather than summoning them inside, reverses normal power dynamics. His question—"What accusation?"—suggests skepticism or formality: if you bring a prisoner, you must articulate charges. The governor's procedure reflects Roman legal practice, and John may indicate Pilate's initial openness.

Church Fathers on John 18:29

The Evangelist returns to the part where he had left off, in order to relate Peter’s denial: Then led they Jesus to Caiaphas to the hall of judgment: to Caiaphas from his colleague and father in law Annas, as has been said. But If to Caiaphas, how to the praetorium, which was the place where the governor Pilate resided;

Augustine · 4th century

The praetorium is the place where the praetor sat. Praetors were called prefects and preceptors, because they issue decrees.

Bede · 8th century

He was led to Caiaphas before the cock crowed, but early in the morning to Pilate. Whereby the Evangelist shows, that all that night of examination, ended in proving nothing against Him; and that He was sent to Pilate in consequence. But leaving what passed then to the other Evangelists, he goes to what followed.

Chrysostom · 4th century
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