Luke 23:4 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 23:4

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Pilate said unto the chief priests and the multitudes, I find no fault in this man.

KJV

Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

Our Lord is accused and is silent, for He needs no defence. Let them cast about for defence who fear to be conquered. He does not then confirm, the accusation by His silence, but He despises it by not refuting it. Why then should He fear who does not court safety? The Safety of all men forfeits His own, that He may gain that of all.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Then said Pilate to the Chief priests, and to the people,.... Both to the sanhedrim, and to the mob that were gathered together about the governor's palace on this occasion; and who were standing without the judgment hall, into which they would not enter, lest they should be defiled, and be unfit to eat the passover: wherefore Pilate came out to them; and this was the second time of his coming out to them, when he said the following words, Joh 18:

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I find no fault in this man - According to Joh 18:36, Joh 18:38, Pilate did not say this till after our Lord had declared to him that his kingdom was not of this world; and probably not till after he had found, on examining witnesses, (Luk 23:14), that all their evidence amounted to no proof, of his having set up himself for a temporal king. See Bishop Pearce.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
Πιλᾶτος	Pilatos	Pilate	G4091 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
ἀρχιερεῖς	archiereis	chief priests	G749 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
ὄχλους·	ochlous	crowds;	G3793 →
οὐδὲν	ouden	No [thing]	G3762 →
εὑρίσκω	heuriskō	find I	G2147 →
αἴτιον	aition	guilty	G159 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
ἀνθρώπῳ	anthrōpō	man	G444 →
τούτῳ.	toutō	this.	G3778 →

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
1 Peter 1:19
but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
leads to
- 1 John 1:7
  But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- 1 Peter 2:22–24
  “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
- John 1:29
  The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- Hebrews 9:12–14
  He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
- Revelation 5:9
  And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and…
Through
1 Peter 2:22
“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
  God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 53:9
  He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
- Hebrews 4:15
  For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.

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01Commentary

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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