Luke Chapter 23 verse 6 Holy Bible

ASV Luke 23:6

But when Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.
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BBE Luke 23:6

But at these words Pilate said, Is the man a Galilaean?
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DARBY Luke 23:6

But Pilate, having heard Galilee [named], demanded if the man were a Galilaean;
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KJV Luke 23:6

When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.
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WBT Luke 23:6


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WEB Luke 23:6

But when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man was a Galilean.
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YLT Luke 23:6

And Pilate having heard of Galilee, questioned if the man is a Galilean,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 6, 7. - When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the Man were a Galilaean. And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time. Now, Pilate dreaded lest these Jews should make his clemency towards the Prisoner a ground of accusation against him at Rome. Pilate had enemies in the capital. His once powerful patron Sejanus had just fallen. His own past, too, he was well aware, would not bear examination; so, moved by his cowardly fears, he refrained from releasing Jesus in accordance with what his heart told him was just and right; and yet he could not bring himself to condemn One to whom he was drawn by an unknown feeling of reverence and respect. But hearing that Jesus was accused among other things of stirring up sedition in Galilee, he thought he would shift the responsibility of acquitting or condemning, on to the shoulders of Herod, in whose jurisdiction Galilee lay. Herod was in Jerusalem just then, because of the Passover Feast. His usual residence was Capernaum.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) When Pilate heard of Galilee.--The incident that follows is peculiar to St. Luke, and may have been obtained by him from Manaen or other persons connected with the Herodian household with whom he appears to have come in contact. (See Introduction.) It is obvious that Pilate catches at the word in the hope of shifting on another the responsibility of con demning One whom he believed to be innocent and had learnt to respect, while yet he had not the courage to acquit Him.