<p>27:2 <em>And they bound him and led him away</em>- Israelites binding a man and delivering him over to Gentiles sounds very much like what Israel did to Samson. The Lord must&rsquo;ve reflected how easily He likewise could have burst those bands and destroyed them all. The similarity with Samson is surely to remind us that He had those possibilities, but He was consciously choosing to give His life. The great paradox was that by accepting those bonds, He was thereby binding the strong man of sin and sin as manifested in the Jewish system (12:29). For &quot;Led Him away&quot; see on 26:57 <em>Led Him away.</em></p><p><em>And delivered him up to Pilate the governor</em>- The Lord knew that He was the Messianic &ldquo;Governor&rdquo; (2:6 s.w.), just as He was in fact the judge rather than the accused. He had only the previous evening pointed out that He was &ldquo;the chief&rdquo;, the same word used for &ldquo;Governor&rdquo;, but chose to be the servant (Lk. 22:26). The whole scenario was a total inversion of what was actually the case.</p>