John Trapp on Matthew 27:17
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Matthew27:17
Verse 17. Whom will ye that I release?] Pilate hoped they would never be so grossely wicked, as to prefer such a stigmaticall varlet. But why did he give them the liberty of such a choice? Why did he not rather (as Iob) break the jaws of the wicked, and pluck the spoil out of their teeth? Should not the standardJob [illegible: 1 word] 17. be made of hardest metals? the chief post of the house be heart of Oak? Was it not pusillanimity and popularity that missed [illegible: 1 word], and so muzzled him, that he could not contradict the many-headed multitude?
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