Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
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Remigius of Rheims
AD 533
John explains what their envy was, when he says, “Behold, the world is gone after him;” For the kings of the Jews alone were anointed, and from that anointing were called Christs.
It was customary among the ancients, when one would refuse to participate in any crime, to take water and wash his hands before the people.
