Luk 23:16 | RWP | e4.org | Chastise ( παιδευσας ). First aorist active participle of παιδευω , to train a child ( παις ), and then, as a part of the training, punishment. Our English word chasten is from the Latin castus , pure, chaste, and means to purify (cf. .). Perhaps Pilate may have split a hair over the word as Wycliff puts it: "I shall deliver him amended." But, if Jesus was innocent, Pilate had no doubt to "chastise" him to satisfy a mob. Verse is omitted by Westcott and Hort as from ; .

‏ Luke 23:16

Chastise ( παιδευσας ). First aorist active participle of παιδευω, to train a child ( παις ), and then, as a part of the training, punishment. Our English word chasten is from the Latin castus, pure, chaste, and means to purify (cf. Heb 12:6f.). Perhaps Pilate may have split a hair over the word as Wycliff puts it: "I shall deliver him amended." But, if Jesus was innocent, Pilate had no doubt to "chastise" him to satisfy a mob. Verse 17 is omitted by Westcott and Hort as from Mr 15:6; Mt 27:15.