ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ, etc.: Lk. alone represents the authorities as present with the ὄχλος priests, captains of the temple and elders some of them might be. though it is not likely. Farrar remarks: “these venerable persons had kept safely in the background till all possible danger was over”. ὡς ἐπὶ λῃστὴν. Lk. gives the reproachful words of Jesus nearly as in the parallels.

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