Luke 23:11

Then, laughing to scorn the claims of Jesus, Herod (and his soldiers with him) made sport of Him, dressed Him in a gorgeous costume, and sent Him back to Pilate.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.

In Context

10Meanwhile the High Priests and the Scribes were standing there and vehemently accusing Him.

12And on that very day Herod and Pilate became friends again, for they had been for some time at enmity.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:27Then the Governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and called together the whole battalion to make sport of Him.

Mark 15:16Then the soldiers led Him away into the court of the Palace (the Praetorium), and calling together the whole battalion

John 19:5So Jesus came out, wearing the wreath of thorns and the crimson cloak. And Pilate said to them, "See, there is the man."

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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