Luke 23:3-4

23:3 So ¹  Pilate asked Jesus, ²  “Are you the king ³  of the Jews?” He replied, “You say so.” ⁴  23:4 Then ⁵  Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for an accusation ⁶  against this man.”

[23:3]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the charges brought in the previous verse.

[23:3]  ² tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:3]  ³ sn “Are you the king of the Jews?” Pilate was interested only in the third charge, because of its political implications of sedition against Rome.

[23:3]  ⁴ sn The reply “You say so” is somewhat enigmatic, like Jesus’ earlier reply to the Jewish leadership in 22:70.

[23:4]  ⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[23:4]  ⁶ tn Grk “find no cause.”