The Crucifixion
They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor. Matthew 27:2 · Berean Standard Bible
They tie Jesus up, lead Him away, and hand Him over to Pilate, the Roman governor.
The religious leaders do not have the power to execute anyone — they need Rome's permission. So they drag Jesus to the one person who can authorize a crucifixion.
The narrator describes Jesus being transferred from the Jewish court to the Roman governor.
Bound and led like a prisoner, the King of Kings is marched through the streets of Jerusalem to stand before a Roman politician who has no idea who he is really judging.
They bind (desantes) Jesus and deliver Him to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor (hegemon), transferring jurisdiction from the religious to the civil authority.
The transfer to Pilate was necessary because the Sanhedrin lacked authority to carry out capital punishment (ius gladii) under Roman rule. Pilate governed Judea from 26-36 CE.
The narrator records the handover from Jewish to Roman authority.
Jesus passes from religious to civil hands, bound like a criminal — the fulfillment of His own prediction that He would be 'handed over to the Gentiles' (Matt 20:19).
1When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
2They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor.
3When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.
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