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Luke 23:4 KJV
Luke · chapter 23 · verse 4
Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.Luke 23:4 · King James Version
Luke 23:4 in context
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.
5And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
6When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- priestsarchiereuschief priest, high priest, the high priests, these comprise in addition to one holding…G749 →
- PilatepilatosPilate = "armed with a spear", the sixth Roman procurator of Judah and Samaria who…G4091 →
- peopleochlosa crowd, a casual collection of people, a multitude of men who have flocked together in…G3793 →
- faultaitioncause, faultG158 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- findheyriskōto come upon, hit upon, to meet with, after searching, to find a thing sought, without…G2147 →
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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