João 18
Bede
João 18:13-14
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] In order that, while our Lord was condemned by his colleague, he might not be guiltless, though his crime was less. Or perhaps his house lay in the way, and they were obliged to pass by it. Or it was the design of Providence, that they who were allied in blood, should be associated in guilt. That Caiaphas however was high priest for that year sounds contrary to the law, which ordained that there be only one high priest, and made the office hereditary. But the pontificate had now been abandoned to ambitious men. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
João 18:24
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Sent Him bound, not that He was bound now for the first time, for they bound Him when they took Him. They sent Him bound as they had brought Him. Or perhaps He may have been loosed from His bonds for that hour, in order to be examined, after which He was bound again, and sent to Caiaphas. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
João 18:25-27
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Mystically, by the first denial of Peter are denoted those who before our Lord's Passion denied that He was God, by the second, those who did so after His resurrection. So by the first crowing of the cock His resurrection is signified; by the second, the general resurrection at the end of the world. By the first damsel, who obliged Peter to deny, is denoted lust, by the second, carnal delight: by one or more servants, the devils who persuade men to deny Christ. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
João 18:28
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] The praetorium is the place where the praetor sat. Praetors were called prefects and preceptors, because they issue decrees. It was the custom of the Jews when they condemned any one to death, to notify it to the governor, by delivering the man bound. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
João 18:39
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] This custom was not commanded in the law, but had been handed down by tradition from the old fathers, viz. that in remembrance of their deliverance out of Egypt, they should release a prisoner at the passover. Pilate tries to persuade them: Will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
João 18:40
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] Inasmuch then as they abandoned the Saviour, and sought out a robber, to this day the devil practises his robberies upon them. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas