Luke 23:5

Jesus before Pilate · Luke 23:1–5
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Translations

Modern
But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”
Traditional
And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
Literal
But they kept insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all of Judea, and He has begun from Galilee even to here.”
Latin
At illi invalescebant, dicentes: Commovet populum docens per universam Judæam, incipiens a Galilæa usque huc.

Original

Greek
English
But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”

Notes

He stirs up the people: This accusation was also false, but the religious leaders knew that Pilate feared civil unrest and revolt against Rome.

Theme notes and profiles

Pontius Pilate

Events

Parallels

Matthew 27:11–14 John 18:28–40

Places

Galilee: Region in northern Israel; key location in Jesus' ministry Judea: The southern region of Israel, centered around Jerusalem

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Galilee Judea, Judeans Luke, Gospel of Passion

Topics

Jerusalem: Roman Rulers Who Resided in Pontius Pilate Jesus, the Christ: Led by the Council to Pilate (In Jerusalem) Jesus, the Christ: Teacher Judea: It Applies to the Territory East of the Jordan River In Slander: That he Was Seditious