Matthew 27:31

Matthew 27:31. And when they had mocked him. After this occurred the presentation to the people (John 19:5) and Pilate's last attempt to release Him. But his previous permission of the mockery shows a great lack of moral earnestness. ‘The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.' Though Pilate was neither weak nor irresolute, he exhibited that lack of moral principle which then characterized the heathen world. His position, authority, and convictions, render the course he pursued one which entitled his name to the continued pillory of shame accorded to it in the Apostles' creed.