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Jesus Handed Over to Pontius Pilate

1 Then athe whole multitude of them arose and led Him to bPilate.  
2 And they began to aaccuse Him, saying, “We found this fellow bperverting the nation, and cforbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying dthat He Himself is Christ, a King.”  
3 aThen Pilate asked Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?” He answered him and said, “It is as you say.”  
4 So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, a“I find no fault in this Man.”  
5 But they were the more fierce, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from aGalilee to this place.”  

Jesus Faces Herod

6 When Pilate heard1 of Galilee, he asked if the Man were a Galilean.  
7 And as soon as he knew that He belonged to aHerod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Luke 23:2

Perverting the nation - The Greek word , signifies stirring up to disaffection and rebellion. Many MSS. and versions add ̔ , Our nation. They intimated that he not only preached corrupt doctrine, but that he endeavored to make them disaffected towards the Roman government, for which they now pretended to feel a strong affection!

Several copies of the Itala add, Destroying our law and prophets. Et solventem legem nostram et prophetas .

Forbidding to give tribute to Caesar - These were the falsest slanders that could be invented. The whole of our Lord' s conduct disproved them. And his decision in the case of the question about the lawfulness of paying tribute to Caesar, Matthew 22:21, was so fully known that we find Pilate paid not the least attention to such evidently malicious and unfounded accusations. Neither Christ nor any of his followers, from that day until now, ever forbade the paying tribute to Caesar; that is, constitutional taxes to a lawful prince.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Luke 23:2:

Matthew 1:16
John 18:33

 

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