Joh 19:9 | RWP | e4.org | Whence art thou? ( ποθεν ε συ; ). Pilate knew that Jesus was from Galilee ( .). He is really alarmed. See a like question by the Jews in . Gave him no answer ( αποκρισιν ουκ εδωκεν αυτω ). See same idiom in . Αποκρισις (old word from αποκρινομα ) occurs also in ; . The silence of Jesus, like that before Caiaphas ( ; ) and Herod ( ), irritates the dignity of Pilate in spite of his fears.

‏ John 19:9

Whence art thou? ( ποθεν ε συ; ). Pilate knew that Jesus was from Galilee (Lu 23:6f.). He is really alarmed. See a like question by the Jews in 8:25.

Gave him no answer ( αποκρισιν ουκ εδωκεν αυτω ). See same idiom in 1:22. Αποκρισις (old word from αποκρινομα ) occurs also in Lu 2:47; 20:26. The silence of Jesus, like that before Caiaphas (Mr 14:61; Mt 26:63) and Herod (Lu 23:9), irritates the dignity of Pilate in spite of his fears.