Luke 23:9 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 23:9

Herod questioned Jesus at great length, but He gave no answer.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he questioned him in many words; but he answered him nothing.

KJV

Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing.

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Commentary

2 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."

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

He was silent and did nothing, for Herod's unbelief deserved not to see Him, and the Lord shunned display. And perhaps typically in Herod are represented all the ungodly, who if they have not believed the Law and the Prophets, cannot see Christ's wonderful works in the Gospel.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐπηρώτα	epērōta	He was questioning	G1905 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
λόγοις	logois	words	G3056 →
ἱκανοῖς·	hikanois	many;	G2425 →
αὐτὸς	autos	He himself	G846 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
οὐδὲν	ouden	no [thing]	G3762 →
ἀπεκρίνατο	apekrinato	answered	G611 →
αὐτῷ.	autō	him.	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
Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not…
leads to
- Acts 8:32–33
  The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
- Matthew 26:63
  But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”
- 1 Peter 2:23
  When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
- Mark 14:61
  But Jesus remained silent and made no reply. Again the high priest questioned Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”
- John 19:9
  and he went back into the Praetorium. “Where are You from?” he asked. But Jesus gave no answer.
Through
Luke 13:32
But Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.’
leads to
- Hebrews 2:10
  In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
- Hebrews 5:9
  And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
Through
Psalms 39:9
I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
leads to
- Job 2:10
  “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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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