Matthew 26:62

26:62 So ¹  the high priest stood up and said to him, “Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?”

John 18:35

18:35 Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? ²  Your own people ³  and your chief priests handed you over ⁴  to me. What have you done?”

Acts 22:24

22:24 the commanding officer ⁵  ordered Paul ⁶  to be brought back into the barracks. ⁷  He told them ⁸  to interrogate Paul ⁹  by beating him with a lash ¹⁰  so that he could find out the reason the crowd ¹¹  was shouting at Paul ¹²  in this way.

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the false testimony.

² sn Many have seen in Pilate’s reply “I am not a Jew, am I?” the Roman contempt for the Jewish people. Some of that may indeed be present, but strictly speaking, all Pilate affirms is that he, as a Roman, has no firsthand knowledge of Jewish custom or belief. What he knows of Jesus must have come from the Jewish authorities. They are the ones (your own people and your chief priests) who have handed Jesus over to Pilate.

³ tn Or “your own nation.”

⁴ tn Or “delivered you over.”

⁵ tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). In Greek the term χιλίαρχος (ciliarco") literally described the “commander of a thousand,” but it was used as the standard translation for the Latin tribunus militum or tribunus militare, the military tribune who commanded a cohort of 600 men.

⁶ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Or “the headquarters.” BDAG 775 s.v. παρεμβολή 2 has “barracks/headquarters of the Roman troops in Jerusalem Ac 21:34, 37; 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32.”

⁸ tn Grk “into the barracks, saying.” This is a continuation of the same sentence in Greek using the participle εἴπας (eipas), but due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence a new sentence was begun in the translation here. The direct object “them” has been supplied; it is understood in Greek.

⁹ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ sn To interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash. Under the Roman legal system it was customary to use physical torture to extract confessions or other information from prisoners who were not Roman citizens and who were charged with various crimes, especially treason or sedition. The lashing would be done with a whip of leather thongs with pieces of metal or bone attached to the ends.

¹¹ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the crowd) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹² tn Grk “him”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.