And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
Ver. 12. Pilate and Herod were made friends] Two dogs that are fighting can easily agree to pursue the hare that passeth by them. Martial brings in the hare thus complaining:
" In me omnis terraeque, aviumque, marisque rapina est:
Forsitan et coeli, si canis astra tenet. "
In littore Siculo cum lepus canum venaticorum vim evasisset, a cane marino captus dicitur: est enim voracissima maris bellua, saith Bodin. The wicked can easily unite against the saints.