27:11 Then 3 Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, 4 “Are you the king 5 of the Jews?” Jesus 6 said, “You say so.” 7
1 tn Grk “and behold the star.”
2 tn See the note on the word “rose” in 2:2.
3 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
4 tn Grk “asked him, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
5 sn “Are you the king of the Jews?” Pilate was interested in this charge because of its political implications of sedition against Rome.
6 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
7 sn The reply “You say so” is somewhat enigmatic, like Jesus’ earlier reply to the Jewish leadership in 26:64.