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Luke 23:4 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.” "
Luke 23:4
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
2 They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”
3 Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “So you say.”
4 Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”
5 But they insisted, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.”
6 But when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man was a Galilean.
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Luke 23:1
"The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate."
Luke 23:2
"They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”"
Luke 23:3
"Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “So you say.”"
Luke 23:5
"But they insisted, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.”"
Luke 23:6
"But when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man was a Galilean."
Luke 23:7
"When he found out that he was in Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days."
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