Commentaries:Barnes' Notes
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Luke 23:5
The more fierce - The more urgent and pressing. They saw that there was a prospect of losing their cause, and they attempted to press on Pilate the point that would be most likely now to affect him. Pilate had, in fact, acquitted him of the charge of being an enemy to Caesar, and they, therefore, urged the other point more vehemently.
Stirreth up the people - Excites them to tumult and sedition.
All Jewry - All Judea.
From Galilee to this place - To Jerusalem - that is, throughout the whole country. It is not merely in one place, but from one end of the land to the other.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Luke 23:5:
Matthew 27:12
Matthew 27:13
Matthew 27:14
Acts 4:27
Acts 13:28
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