Section 8
"Are you the King of the Jews? And answering him, He said, You are saying it" (v. 3). The Lord's answer, according to Alford, is to be understood as a strong affirmative.
Pilate was not able to find any fault in the Man-Savior. "And Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, I find not one fault in this man" (v. 4). Nevertheless, "they were insisting, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout the whole of Judea, beginning from Galilee even unto here" (v. 5). Because he did not want to offend the Jews, Pilate acted in a subtle way. When Pilate realized that the Lord Jesus was of the jurisdiction of Herod, "he sent Him up to Herod, who also himself was in Jerusalem in those days" (v. 7).
Luke 23:8 says, "And when Herod saw Jesus, he rejoiced greatly, for he was wanting to see Him for a considerable time, because he had heard concerning Him, and was hoping to see some sign done by Him." Herod questioned the Lord "with many words; but He answered him nothing" (v. 9). The Lord's not answering Herod was a fulfillment of Isaiah 53:7.
Herod may have been disappointed when the Man-Savior did not answer his questions. "Herod with his soldiers, despising Him and