Luke 23:6

And Pilate, when he heard the name Galilee, inquired if the man were a Galilean.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.

In Context

5And they vociferated, and said: He raiseth disturbance among our people, by teaching in all Judaea, commencing from Galilee, and quite to this place.

7And having learned that he was from under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod; for he was at Jerusalem on those days.

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Cross References

Luke 13:1And at that time, some came and told him of those Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

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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