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Luke 23:4-6
New English Translation

4 Then[a] Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for an accusation[b] against this man.” 5 But they persisted[c] in saying, “He incites[d] the people by teaching throughout all Judea. It started in Galilee and ended up here!”[e]

Jesus Brought Before Herod

6 Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 23:4 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
  2. Luke 23:4 tn Grk “find no cause.” sn Pilate’s statement “I find no reason for an accusation” is the first of several remarks in Luke 23 that Jesus is innocent or of efforts to release him (vv. 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 22).
  3. Luke 23:5 tn Or “were adamant.” For “persisted in saying,” see L&N 68.71.
  4. Luke 23:5 sn He incites the people. The Jewish leadership claimed that Jesus was a political threat and had to be stopped. By reiterating this charge of stirring up rebellion, they pressured Pilate to act, or be accused of overlooking political threats to Rome.
  5. Luke 23:5 tn Grk “beginning from Galilee until here.”
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