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Text -- Luke 23:1-33 (NET)
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Jesus Brought Before Pilate
23:1 Then the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate .
23:2 They began to accuse him , saying , “We found this man subverting our nation , forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ , a king .”
23:3 So Pilate asked Jesus , “Are you the king of the Jews ?” He replied , “You say so.”
23:4 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds , “I find no basis for an accusation against this man .”
23:5 But they persisted in saying , “He incites the people by teaching throughout all Judea . It started in Galilee and ended up here !”
Jesus Brought Before Herod
23:6 Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean .
23:7 When he learned that he was from Herod’s jurisdiction , he sent him over to Herod , who also happened to be in Jerusalem at that time .
23:8 When Herod saw Jesus , he was very glad , for he had long desired to see him , because he had heard about him and was hoping to see him perform some miraculous sign .
23:9 So Herod questioned him at considerable length; Jesus gave him no answer .
23:10 The chief priests and the experts in the law were there , vehemently accusing him .
23:11 Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, dressing him in elegant clothes , Herod sent him back to Pilate .
23:12 That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other , for prior to this they had been enemies .
Jesus Brought Before the Crowd
23:13 Then Pilate called together the chief priests , the rulers , and the people ,
23:14 and said to them , “You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people . When I examined him before you , I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing.
23:15 Neither did Herod , for he sent him back to us . Look , he has done nothing deserving death .
23:16 I will therefore have him flogged and release him.”
23:17 [[EMPTY]]The Crucifixion
23:26 As they led him away , they seized Simon of Cyrene , who was coming in from the country . They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus .
23:27 A great number of the people followed him , among them women who were mourning and wailing for him .
23:28 But Jesus turned to them and said , “Daughters of Jerusalem , do not weep for me , but weep for yourselves and for your children .
23:29 For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say , ‘Blessed are the barren , the wombs that never bore children , and the breasts that never nursed !’
23:30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains , ‘Fall on us !’ and to the hills , ‘Cover us !’
23:31 For if such things are done when the wood is green , what will happen when it is dry ?”
23:32 Two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him .
23:33 So when they came to the place that is called “The Skull ,” they crucified him there , along with the criminals , one on his right and one on his left .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Pilate, Pontius |
Humiliation of Christ |
Prisoners |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E2 |
Jesus, The Christ |
PILATE; PONTIUS |
Herod |
JESUS CHRIST, THE ARREST AND TRIAL OF |
Priest |
Complicity |
Opinion, Public |
Politics |
Demagogism |
Barabbas |
Rulers |
Death |
Jerusalem |
Israel |
Malefactor |
Galilee |
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NET Notes -> Luk 23:1; Luk 23:1; Luk 23:1; Luk 23:2; Luk 23:2; Luk 23:2; Luk 23:2; Luk 23:2; Luk 23:2; Luk 23:2; Luk 23:2; Luk 23:2; Luk 23:3; Luk 23:3; Luk 23:3; Luk 23:3; Luk 23:4; Luk 23:4; Luk 23:4; Luk 23:5; Luk 23:5; Luk 23:5; Luk 23:7; Luk 23:7; Luk 23:7; Luk 23:7; Luk 23:7; Luk 23:8; Luk 23:8; Luk 23:8; Luk 23:9; Luk 23:9; Luk 23:9; Luk 23:10; Luk 23:10; Luk 23:11; Luk 23:11; Luk 23:11; Luk 23:12; Luk 23:12; Luk 23:13; Luk 23:13; Luk 23:14; Luk 23:14; Luk 23:14; Luk 23:15; Luk 23:15; Luk 23:16; Luk 23:17; Luk 23:18; Luk 23:18; Luk 23:19; Luk 23:19; Luk 23:19; Luk 23:20; Luk 23:21; Luk 23:21; Luk 23:21; Luk 23:22; Luk 23:22; Luk 23:22; Luk 23:23; Luk 23:24; Luk 23:24; Luk 23:24; Luk 23:25; Luk 23:25; Luk 23:26; Luk 23:26; Luk 23:26; Luk 23:26; Luk 23:27; Luk 23:27; Luk 23:28; Luk 23:28; Luk 23:28; Luk 23:29; Luk 23:29; Luk 23:29; Luk 23:30; Luk 23:30; Luk 23:31; Luk 23:31; Luk 23:32; Luk 23:32; Luk 23:33; Luk 23:33; Luk 23:33
NET Notes: Luk 23:1 Pilate was the Roman prefect (procurator) in charge of collecting taxes and keeping the peace. His immediate superior was the Roman governor (proconsu...
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NET Notes: Luk 23:3 The reply “You say so” is somewhat enigmatic, like Jesus’ earlier reply to the Jewish leadership in 22:70.
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NET Notes: Luk 23:4 Pilate’s statement “I find no reason for an accusation” is the first of several remarks in Luke 23 that Jesus is innocent or of effo...
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NET Notes: Luk 23:7 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: Luk 23:8 Herod, hoping to see him perform some miraculous sign, seems to have treated Jesus as a curiosity (cf. 9:7-9).
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NET Notes: Luk 23:9 Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Luk 23:10 Luke portrays the Jewish leadership as driving events toward the cross by vehemently accusing Jesus.
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NET Notes: Luk 23:11 Grk “he”; the referent (Herod) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Luk 23:13 Grk “and the,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between th...
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NET Notes: Luk 23:14 Grk “nothing did I find in this man by way of cause.” The reference to “nothing” is emphatic.
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NET Notes: Luk 23:15 Grk “nothing deserving death has been done by him.” The passive construction has been translated as an active one in keeping with contempo...
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NET Notes: Luk 23:16 Or “scourged” (BDAG 749 s.v. παιδεύω 2.b.γ). This refers to a whipping Pilate ordered in an attemp...
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NET Notes: Luk 23:17 Many of the best mss, as well as some others (Ì75 A B K L T 070 1241 pc sa), lack 23:17 “(Now he was obligated to release one individual fo...
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NET Notes: Luk 23:18 Grk “this one.” The reference to Jesus as “this man” is pejorative in this context.
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NET Notes: Luk 23:20 The account pictures a battle of wills – the people versus Pilate. Pilate is consistently portrayed in Luke’s account as wanting to releas...
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NET Notes: Luk 23:21 Crucifixion was the cruelest form of punishment practiced by the Romans. Roman citizens could not normally undergo it. It was reserved for the worst c...
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NET Notes: Luk 23:22 Or “scourge” (BDAG 749 s.v. παιδεύω 2.b.γ). See the note on “flogged” in v. 16.
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NET Notes: Luk 23:23 Though a different Greek term is used here (BDAG 373 s.v. ἐπίκειμαι), this remark is like 23:5.
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NET Notes: Luk 23:24 Although some translations render ἐπέκρινεν (epekrinen) here as “passed sentence” or “...
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NET Notes: Luk 23:25 He handed Jesus over to their will. Here is where Luke places the major blame for Jesus’ death. It lies with the Jewish nation, especially the l...
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NET Notes: Luk 23:27 Or “who were beating their breasts,” implying a ritualized form of mourning employed in Jewish funerals. See the note on the term “w...
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NET Notes: Luk 23:28 Do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves. Judgment now comes on the nation (see Luke 19:41-44) for this judgment of Jesus. Ironically, they mourn t...
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NET Notes: Luk 23:29 Normally barrenness is a sign of judgment, because birth would be seen as a sign of blessing. The reversal of imagery indicates that something was bad...
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NET Notes: Luk 23:31 The figure of the green wood and the dry has been variously understood. Most likely the picture compares the judgment on Jesus as the green (living) w...
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