Luke 23:3

Then Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him saying, "Certainly I am."

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.

In Context

2and began to accuse him. "We have found this fellow perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and proclaiming that he is the Messiah and King."

4And Pilate said to the chief priest and the crowd, "I find no harm in this man."

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Cross References

Mark 15:2Pilate questioned him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" In reply Jesus said, "It is as you say."

Mark 15:32The Christ! The King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe." They also who had been crucified with Jesus kept reviling him.

Luke 19:38They cried, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in Heaven and glory in the Highest"

Luke 23:38For there was an inscription over his head, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

John 18:33So Pilate went into the Praetorium again, and summoned Jesus. "Are you the King of the Jews?" he said.

John 19:19And Pilate moreover wrote an inscription and placed it above the cross. What he wrote was, "JESUS, THE NAZARENE, KING OF THE JEWS"

Matthew Henry on Luke 23:2-13

Christ before Pilate and Herod; Christ Accused and Insulted. 1 And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. 2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. 3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it. 4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. 5 And they were the more… Read the whole commentary →

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