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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cyril of Jerusalem
Many have been crucified throughout the world, but the demons are not afraid of any of these. These people died because of their own sins, but Christ died for the sin of others. He "did not sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth." It was not Peter, who could be suspected of partiality, who said this, but Isaiah, who, although not present in the flesh, in spirit foresaw the Lord's coming in the flesh. Why do I bring only the prophet as a witness? Take the witness of Pilate himself. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
When Christ was sent back to Pilate, see how the truth shines forth again. "You," says Pilate, "brought this man to me as one who perverts the people"; but I find nothing in Him "worthy of death," nor does Herod. Do you see the testimony of two men, and moreover one a governor and the other a king, perfectly true? Neither I, he says, nor King Herod have found any fault in Him. What will the Jews say to this? …
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
Luke returns to those things which were going on before the governor, from which He had digressed in order to relate what took place with Herod; saying as follows, And Pilate, when he had called, &c. from which we infer, that he has omitted the part wherein Pilate questioned our Lord what He had to answer to His accusers.
Ambrose of Milan
He is sent to Herod, sent back to Pilate. And although neither of them pronounce him guilty, they still comply with the desires of someone else's cruelty. Indeed, Pilate washed his hands, but he did not wash away his deeds; for a judge ought not to yield to envy or fear, so as to deliver the blood of an innocent person. His wife warned him: grace shone in the darkness; divinity was evident; yet she did not temper the sacrilegious sentence in this way.
Bonaventure
First, therefore, as regards intimating the repugnance between the condemnation of Christ and the justice of the law he says: Pilate, having called together the chief priests and the magistrates of the people by prefacing with a citation: for the accusers must be cited to hear the sentence by which the accused ought to be absolved or condemned, because, as is said in Acts twenty-five, "it is not the custom of the Romans to condemn any man before the one who is accused has his accusers present and receives opportunity to defend …
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