Luke 23:3

Then Pilate asked Him, "You, then, are the King of the Jews?" "It is as you say," He replied.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

2"We have found this man," they said, "an agitator among our nation, forbidding the payment of tribute to Caesar, and claiming to be himself an anointed king."

4Pilate said to the High Priests and to the crowd, "I can find no crime in this man."

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Cross References

Mark 15:2So Pilate questioned Him. "Are *you* the King of the Jews?" he asked. "I am," replied Jesus.

Mark 15:32This Christ, the King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Even the men who were being crucified with Him heaped insults on Him.

Luke 19:38"Blessed is the King," they cried, "who comes in the name of the Lord: in Heaven peace, and glory in the highest realms."

Luke 23:38There was moreover a writing over His head: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

John 18:33Re-entering the Praetorium, therefore, Pilate called Jesus and asked Him, "Are *you* the King of the Jews?"

John 19:19And Pilate wrote a notice and had it fastened to the top of the cross. It ran thus: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE 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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