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Luke 23:2 KJV
Luke · chapter 23 · verse 2
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.Luke 23:2 · King James Version
Luke 23:2 in context
1And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.
2And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
3And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.
4Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- pervertingdiastrephōto distort, turn aside, to oppose, plot against the saving purposes and plans of God, to…G1294 →
- forbiddingkōlyōto hinder, prevent forbid, to withhold a thing from anyone, to deny or refuse one a thingG2967 →
- tributephorostribute, esp. the annual tax levied upon houses, lands, and personsG5411 →
- accusekatēgoreōto accuse, before a judge to make an accusation, of an extra-judicial accusationG2723 →
- sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- nationethnosa multitude associated or living together, a company, troop, swarm, a multitude of…G1484 →
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Our Lord Jesus was condemned as a blasphemer in the spiritual court, but it was the most impotent malice that could be that this court was actuated by; for, when they had condemned him, they knew they could not put him to death, and therefore took another course. I. They accused him before Pilate.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12