Luke 23:6
New International Version
On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean.

New Living Translation
“Oh, is he a Galilean?” Pilate asked.

English Standard Version
When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

Berean Standard Bible
When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

Berean Literal Bible
And Pilate having heard, asked whether the man is a Galilean,

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

New King James Version
When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked if the Man were a Galilean.

New American Standard Bible
Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

NASB 1995
When Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

NASB 1977
But when Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

Amplified Bible
When Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

Christian Standard Bible
When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

American Standard Version
But when Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man were a Galil�an.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But when Pilate heard the name of Galilee, he asked if the man were a Galilean.

Contemporary English Version
When Pilate heard this, he asked, "Is this man from Galilee?"

Douay-Rheims Bible
But Pilate hearing Galilee, asked if the man were of Galilee?

English Revised Version
But when Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When Pilate heard that, he asked if the man was from Galilee.

Good News Translation
When Pilate heard this, he asked, "Is this man a Galilean?"

International Standard Version
When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

Literal Standard Version
And Pilate having heard of Galilee, questioned if the Man is a Galilean,

Majority Standard Bible
When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

New American Bible
On hearing this Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean;

NET Bible
Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

New Revised Standard Version
When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

New Heart English Bible
But when Pilate heard it, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

Webster's Bible Translation
When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

Weymouth New Testament
On hearing this, Pilate inquired, "Is this man a Galilaean?"

World English Bible
But when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

Young's Literal Translation
And Pilate having heard of Galilee, questioned if the man is a Galilean,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Jesus Before Herod
5But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.” 6When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean. 7And learning that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem at that time.…

Cross References
Matthew 26:69
Meanwhile, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him. "You also were with Jesus the Galilean," she said.

Luke 23:5
But they kept insisting, "He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here."

Luke 23:7
And learning that Jesus was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem at that time.


Treasury of Scripture

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

a Galilean.

Luke 13:1
There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Acts 5:37
After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.

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Luke 23
1. Jesus is accused before Pilate, and sent to Herod.
8. Herod mocks him.
12. Herod and Pilate become friends.
13. Barabbas is desired of the people,
24. and is released by Pilate, and Jesus is given to be crucified.
26. He tells the women, that lament him, the destruction of Jerusalem;
34. prays for his enemies.
39. Two criminals are crucified with him.
46. His death.
50. His burial.














(6) When Pilate heard of Galilee.--The incident that follows is peculiar to St. Luke, and may have been obtained by him from Manaen or other persons connected with the Herodian household with whom he appears to have come in contact. (See Introduction.) It is obvious that Pilate catches at the word in the hope of shifting on another the responsibility of con demning One whom he believed to be innocent and had learnt to respect, while yet he had not the courage to acquit Him.

Verses 6, 7. - When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the Man were a Galilaean. And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time. Now, Pilate dreaded lest these Jews should make his clemency towards the Prisoner a ground of accusation against him at Rome. Pilate had enemies in the capital. His once powerful patron Sejanus had just fallen. His own past, too, he was well aware, would not bear examination; so, moved by his cowardly fears, he refrained from releasing Jesus in accordance with what his heart told him was just and right; and yet he could not bring himself to condemn One to whom he was drawn by an unknown feeling of reverence and respect. But hearing that Jesus was accused among other things of stirring up sedition in Galilee, he thought he would shift the responsibility of acquitting or condemning, on to the shoulders of Herod, in whose jurisdiction Galilee lay. Herod was in Jerusalem just then, because of the Passover Feast. His usual residence was Capernaum.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
When
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

Pilate
Πιλᾶτος (Pilatos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4091: Pilate. Of Latin origin; close-pressed, i.e. Firm; Pilatus, a Roman.

heard [this],
ἀκούσας (akousas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

he asked
ἐπηρώτησεν (epērōtēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1905: To interrogate, question, demand of. From epi and erotao; to ask for, i.e. Inquire, seek.

if
εἰ (ei)
Conjunction
Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

man
ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

was
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

a Galilean.
Γαλιλαῖός (Galilaios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1057: A Galilean, an inhabitant of Galilee. From Galilaia; Galilean or belonging to Galilea.


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