Luke 23:2

Luke 23:2

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.

8 Now when Herod saw Jesus, ^ahe was exceedingly glad; for he had desired for a long time to see Him, because ^bhe had heard many things about Him, and he hoped to see some miracle done by Him.

9 Then he questioned Him with many words, but He answered him ^anothing.

10 And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused Him.

11 ^aThen Herod, with his men of war, treated Him with contempt and mocked Him, arrayed Him in a gorgeous robe, and sent Him back to Pilate.

12 That very day ^aPilate and Herod became friends with each other, for previously they had been at enmity with each other.

Taking the Place of Barabbas

13 ^aThen Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,

14 said to them, ^a“You have brought this Man to me, as one who misleads the people. And indeed, ^bhaving examined Him in your presence, I have found no fault in this Man concerning those things of which you accuse Him;

15 no, neither did Herod, for I sent you back to him; and indeed nothing deserving of death has been done by Him.

16 ^aI will therefore chastise Him and release Him”

17 ^a(for¹ it was necessary for him to release one to them at the feast).

18 And ^athey all cried out at once, saying, “Away with this Man, and release to us Barabbas”—

19 who had been thrown into prison for a certain rebellion made in the city, and for murder.

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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This fellow - The word "fellow" is not in the original. It conveys a notion of "contempt," which no doubt they "felt," but which is not expressed in the "Greek," and which it is not proper should be expressed in the translation. It might be translated, "We found this man."

Perverting the nation - That is, exciting them to sedition and tumults. This was a mere wanton accusation, but it was plausible before a Roman magistrate; for,

1.The Galileans, as Josephus testifies, were prone to seditions and tumults.

2.Jesus drew multitudes after him, and they thought it was easy to show that this was itself promoting tumults and seditions.

Forbidding ... - About their charges they were very cautious and cunning. They did not say that he "taught" that people should not give tribute - that would have been too gross a charge, and would have been easily refuted; but it was an "inference" which they drew. They said it "followed" from his doctrine. He professed to be a king. They "inferred," therefore, if "he" was "a king," that he must hold that it was not right to acknowledge allegiance to any foreign prince; and if they could make "this" out, they supposed that Pilate "must" condemn him of course.

Tribute - Taxes.

Caesar - The Roman emperor, called also Tiberius. The name "Caesar" was common to the Roman emperors, as "Pharaoh" was to the Egyptian kings. "All" the kings of Egypt were called Pharaoh, or "the" Pharaoh; so all the Roman emperors were called "Caesar."

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