Luke 23:12 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 23:12

That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day: for before they were at enmity between themselves.

KJV

And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.

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Commentary

4 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 Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 10.103 (397)

In the figure of Herod and Pilate also, who became friends from enemies through Jesus Christ, the figure of the people of Israel and the Gentile people is preserved, so that through the passion of the Lord there will be future harmony between them both: in such a way, however, that the pious people of the nations receive the word of God and transmit their faith to the Jewish people with their devotion; so that they too may clothe the body of Christ with the glory of their majesty, whom they had previously despised.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Observe how those that quarrelled with one another yet could unite against Christ; as Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, though divided among themselves, were confederate against the Israel of God, Ps. lxxxiii. Christ is the great peace-maker; both Pilate and Herod owned his innocency, and their agreeing in this cured their disagreeing in other things. Barabbas Preferred to Christ.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Pilate and Herod were made friends - I do not find any account of the cause of the enmity which subsisted between Herod and Pilate given by ancient authors; and the conjectures of the moderns on the subject should be considered as mere guesses. It is generally supposed that this enmity arose from what is related Luke 13, of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate hath mingled with that of their sacrifices. These were Herod’s subjects, and Pilate seems to have fallen on them at the time they were offering sacrifices to God at the temple.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐγένοντο	egenonto	Became	G1096 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
φίλοι	philoi	friends	G5384 →
ὅ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
τε	te	both	G5037 →
Ἡρῴδης	Hērōdēs	Herod	G2264 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Πιλᾶτος	Pilatos	Pilate	G4091 →
ἐν	en	on	G1722 →
αὐτῇ	autēa	that	G846 →
τῇ	tēa	<the>	G3588 →
ἡμέρᾳ	hēmera	day	G2250 →
μετ᾽	met᾽	with	G3326 →
ἀλλήλων·	allēlōn	one another;	G240 →
προϋπῆρχον	proupērchon	they were formerly	G4391 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἐν	en	at	G1722 →
ἔχθρᾳ	echthra	enmity	G2189 →
ὄντες	ontes	they were	G1510 →
πρὸς	pros	between	G4314 →
αὐτούς.¶	autous	them.	G846 →

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
Matthew 16:1
Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.
leads to
- Luke 11:16
  And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.
- Matthew 16:6
  “Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
- Acts 4:1
  While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
- John 8:6
  They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.
- Mark 8:11–21
  Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, testing Him by demanding from Him a sign from heaven.
Through
Acts 4:27
In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
leads to
- Matthew 27:2
  They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor.
- Acts 4:30
  as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”
- Luke 9:22
  “The Son of Man must suffer many things,” He said. “He must be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and He must be killed and on the third day be raised to…

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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