^23:3So¹¹ Pilate asked Jesus,¹² “Are you the king¹³ of the Jews?” He replied, “You say so.”¹⁴^23:4Then¹⁵ Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for an accusation¹⁶ against this man.” ^23:5But they persisted¹⁷ in saying, “He incites¹⁸ the people by teaching throughout all Judea. It started in Galilee and ended up here!”¹⁹

Jesus Brought Before Herod

^23:6Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean. ^23:7When²⁰ he learned that he was from Herod’s jurisdiction,²¹ he sent him over to Herod,²² who also happened to be in Jerusalem²³ at that time.

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Footnotes

11 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the charges brought in the previous verse.
12 Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
13 “Are you the king of the Jews?” Pilate was interested only in the third charge, because of its political implications of sedition against Rome.
14 The reply “You say so” is somewhat enigmatic, like Jesus’ earlier reply to the Jewish leadership in 22:70.
15 Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
16 Grk “find no cause.” 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).
17 Or “were adamant.” For “persisted in saying,” see L&N 68.71.
18 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.
19 Grk “beginning from Galilee until here.”
20 Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
21 Learning that Jesus was from Galilee and therefore part of Herod’s jurisdiction, Pilate decided to rid himself of the problem by sending him to Herod.
22 Herod was Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great. See the note on Herod in .
23 Herod would probably have come to Jerusalem for the feast, although his father was only half Jewish (Josephus, 14.15.2 [14.403]). Josephus does mention Herod’s presence in Jerusalem during a feast ( 18.5.3 [18.122]). For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.” Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no guilt in this man.” But they were urgent, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place.”

When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean. And when he learned that he belonged to Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who was himself in Jerusalem at that time.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

“You have said so,” Jesus replied.

Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”

But they insisted, “He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here.”

On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean. When he learned that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

He answered him, “You say so.”

Pilate then told the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no grounds for charging this man.”

But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where he started even to here.”

When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean. Finding that he was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

NLTNew Living Translation

So Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

Jesus replied, “You have said it.”

Pilate turned to the leading priests and to the crowd and said, “I find nothing wrong with this man!”

Then they became insistent. “But he is causing riots by his teaching wherever he goes—all over Judea, from Galilee to Jerusalem!”

“Oh, is he a Galilean?” Pilate asked. When they said that he was, Pilate sent him to Herod Antipas, because Galilee was under Herod’s jurisdiction, and Herod happened to be in Jerusalem at the time.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Pilate asked him, saying, “Are you the king of the Jews?” And he answered him and said, “You say so.” So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for an accusation against this man.” But they insisted, saying, “He incites the people, teaching throughout the whole of Judea and beginning from Galilee as far as here.”

Now when Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean. And when he found out that he was from the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him over to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem in those days.

KJV 1900King James Version

And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it. Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place. 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.

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