Luke 23:8 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 23:8

When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased. He had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see Him perform a miracle.

BSB

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ASV

Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was of a long time desirous to see him, because he had heard concerning him; and he hoped to see some miracle done by him.

KJV

And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.

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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

Tertullian

Against Marcion Book IV (220)

" Herod was "exceeding glad" when he saw Jesus, but he heard not a word from Him. For, "as a lamb before the shearer is dumb, so He opened not His mouth," because "the Lord had given to Him a disciplined tongue, that he might know how and when it behoved Him to speak" -even that "tongue which clove to His jaws," as the Psalm said it should, through His not speaking.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He might have seen Christ and his wondrous works many a time in Galilee, and would not, and therefore it is justly said, Now he would see them, and shall not; they are hidden from his eyes, because he knew not the day of his visitation.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1645: “Our Lord before Herod” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1882)

AFTER Pilate had declared to the chief priests and scribes that he found no fault at all in Jesus, they were afraid that their victim would escape and, therefore, their fury was raised to the highest pitch and they cried out the more vehemently against Him. In the course of their outcries they made use of the word, "Galilee," going, as it seems to me, a little out of their way in order to drag in the name—"He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place."

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Original language & word study

29 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὁ	Ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
Ἡρῴδης	Hērōdēs	Herod	G2264 →
ἰδὼν	idōn	having seen	G1492 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦν	Iēsoun	Jesus	G2424 →
ἐχάρη	echarē	[was] glad	G5463 →
λίαν·	lian	exceedingly;	G3029 →
ἦν	ēn	he was	G1510 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἐξ	ex	of	G1537 →
ἱκανῶν	hikanōn	long	G2425 →
χρόνων	chronōn	time	G5550 →
θέλων	thelōn	wishing	G2309 →
ἰδεῖν	idein	to see	G1492 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
διὰ	dia	because of	G1223 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
ἀκούειν	akouein	hearing	G191 →
περὶ	peri	concerning	G4012 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	Him	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἤλπιζέν	ēlpizen	he was hoping	G1679 →
τι	ti	some	G5100 →
σημεῖον	sēmeion	sign	G4592 →
ἰδεῖν	idein	to see	G1492 →
ὑπ᾽	hup᾽	by	G5259 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	Him	G846 →
γινόμενον.	ginomenon	done.	G1096 →

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
Mark 6:14
Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in…
leads to
- Mark 6:14–29
  Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 9:7–9
  When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:8
  For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need…
- Mark 8:28
  They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”
Through
Matthew 14:1
At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus
leads to
- Luke 3:1
  In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
- 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.
- Mark 8:15
  “Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”
Through
Luke 4:23
Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’”
leads to
- Matthew 11:23–24
  And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would…

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02Original language & word study

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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