Luke 23:6 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 23:6

When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

BSB

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ASV

But when Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man were a Galilæan.

KJV

When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilean.

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Commentary

3 voices

Cyril of Jerusalem

Catechetical Lecture 13:14 (386)

Having been bound, Christ went from Caiaphas to Pilate; is this also written? Yes: "And having bound him, they led him away as a present to the King of Jarim." But some keen listener will object: "Pilate was not a king." (Let us pass over for the time the main points of the inquiry.) "How then, having bound him, did they lead him as a present to the king?" But read the Gospel: "Pilate, hearing that he was from Galilee, sent him to Herod; for Herod was then king and was present in Jerusalem."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But God ordered it so for the more evident fulfilling of the scripture, as appears Acts iv. 26, 27 , where that of David ( Ps. ii. 2 ), The kings of the earth and the rulers set themselves against the Lord and his Anointed, is expressly said to be fulfilled in Herod and Pontius Pilate.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Whether he were a Galilean - He asked this because, if he was, he properly belonged to Herod’s jurisdiction, who reigned over Galilee.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Πιλᾶτος	Pilatos	Pilate	G4091 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ἀκούσας	akousas	having heard	G191 →
ἐπηρώτησεν	epērōtēsen	asked	G1905 →
εἰ	ei	whether	G1487 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἄνθρωπος	anthrōpos	man	G444 →
Γαλιλαῖός	Galilaios	a Galilean	G1057 →
ἐστιν,	estin	is,	G1510 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 13:1
At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
leads to
- 1 Peter 4:17–18
  For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
- Lamentations 2:20
  Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
- Acts 5:37
  After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.
- Ezekiel 9:5–7
  And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone!
Through
Acts 5:37
After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.
leads to
- Luke 2:1–2
  Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.
- Psalms 9:15–16
  The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
- Luke 13:1–2
  At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
- Job 20:5–9
  the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke