Zechariah 11:8

11:8 Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, ¹  for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.

Mark 15:3-5

15:3 Then ²  the chief priests began to accuse him repeatedly. 15:4 So Pilate asked him again, ³  “Have you nothing to say? See how many charges they are bringing against you!” 15:5 But Jesus made no further reply, so that Pilate was amazed.

John 18:30

18:30 They replied, ⁴  “If this man ⁵  were not a criminal, ⁶  we would not have handed him over to you.” ⁷ 

¹ sn Zechariah is only dramatizing what God had done historically (see the note on the word “cedars” in 11:1). The “one month” probably means just any short period of time in which three kings ruled in succession. Likely candidates are Elah, Zimri, Tibni (1 Kgs 16:8-20); Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem (2 Kgs 15:8-16); or Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, Zedekiah (2 Kgs 24:1–25:7).

² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

³ tn Grk “Pilate asked him again, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.

⁴ tn Grk “They answered and said to him.”

⁵ tn Grk “this one.”

⁶ tn Or “an evildoer”; Grk “one doing evil.”

⁷ tn Or “would not have delivered him over.”