Luke Chapter 23 verse 12 Holy Bible
And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
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And that day Herod and Pilate became friends with one another, for before they had been against one another.
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And Pilate and Herod became friends with one another the same day, for they had been at enmity before between themselves.
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And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
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Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before that they were enemies with each other.
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and both Pilate and Herod became friends on that day with one another, for they were before at enmity between themselves.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together. This union of two such bitter enemies in their enmity against Jesus evidently struck the early Church with sad wonderment. It is referred to in the first recorded hymn of the Church of Christ (Acts 4:27). How often has the strange sad scene been reproduced in the world's story since! Worldly men apparently irreconcilable meet together in friendship when opportunity offers itself for wounding Christ!
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) Before they were at enmity between themselves.--The special cause of enmity is not known. Possibly the massacre of the Galileans, mentioned in Luke 13:1, may have had somewhat to do with it. The union of the two in their enmity against Jesus, though not mentioned in the Gospels, is referred to in the first recorded hymn of the Church of Christ (Acts 4:27). Herod, however, it will be noted, passes no formal sentence. He is satisfied with Pilate's mark of respect for his jurisdiction.
