JOHN 19:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.”
Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus — Pilate's formal handover (paredōken autois hina staurōthē, handed him over to them that he be crucified) marks the legal transfer to executioners. The simple statement—"they took Jesus"—indicates the soldiers' seizure for the final journey. John provides no elaborate Via Dolorosa narrative, no Synoptic women's lamentation; he moves directly toward the crucifixion itself.
Church Fathers on John 19:16
The Jews thought they could alarm Pilate more by the mention of Caesar, than by telling him of their law, as they had done above; We have a law, and by that law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God. So it follows. But the Jews cried out, saying, you let this Man go, you are not Caesar’s friend; whosoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.
But how can you prove this? By His purple, His diadem, His chariot, His guards? Did He not wall; about with His twelve disciples only, and every thing mean about Him, food, dress, and habitation?
The tribunal is the seat of the judge, as the throne is the seat of the king, and the chair the seat of the doctor.
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