And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
For because they were desirous to put Him to death, but were not able themselves because of the feast, they lead Him to the governor.
But mark, I pray you, how the act was forced on, so as to take place at the feast. For so was it typified from the first.
