Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “So you say.”
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Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “So you say.”
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And Pylate apposed him sayinge: arte thou the kynge of the iewes? He answered him and sayde: thou sayest it.
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And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Iewes? And hee answered him, and sayd, Thou sayest it.
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Passages linked to Luke 23:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- John 1:49 Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!”
- 1 Timothy 6:13 I command you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession,
- Mark 15:2 Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered, “So you say.”
- Luke 1:32-33 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”
- Luke 22:70 They all said, “Are you then the Son of God?” He said to them, “You say it, because I am.”
- Matthew 27:11 Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus said to him, “So you say.”
- Mark 15:18 They began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
- Mark 15:32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him.” Those who were crucified with him also insulted him.
- Luke 19:38-40 saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!” Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!” He answered them, “I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.”
- Luke 23:38 An inscription was also written over him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: “THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
- John 19:3 They kept saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and they kept slapping him.
- John 18:33-37 Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus answered him, “Do you say this by yourself, or did others tell you about me?” Pilate answered, “I’m not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me. What have you done?” Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.” Pilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”
- John 19:19-21 Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, “JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.” Therefore many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek. The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘he said, “I am King of the Jews.” ’ ”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the…
3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.
Ver. 3. See Mat 27:11; Mar 15:2; Joh 18:33.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Pilate asked him, saying,.... Observing that it was…
And Pilate asked him, saying,.... Observing that it was said, he had given himself out to be a king; for as for what regarded religion, he took no notice of it; he put this question to him,
art thou the King of the Jews? that their prophecies speak of, and they have expected;
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and he answered him and said, thou sayest it; that is, thou sayest well; it is as thou sayest, I am the King of the Jews; See Gill on Mat 27:11 though he did not leave this without an explanation; without informing him what sort of a king he was, and what kind of a kingdom he had; see Joh 18:36 which made Pilate perfectly easy, and desirous to release him, as appears by what follows.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain See the notes at Mat 27:11.
See the notes at Mat 27:11.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3. Art thou the King of the Jews?] St…
3. Art thou the King of the Jews?] St Luke narrates the trial very briefly. The Jewish priests had expected that on their authority Pilate would at once order Him to execution; but, on the contrary, he meant first to hear the case, and asked them what accusation they brought, refusing to accept their bare assertion that He was “a malefactor.” Pilate only attends to the third charge, and asks Christ this question on the Roman principle that it was always desirable to secure the confession of the accused. We see from St John (Joh_18:33) that Jesus had been led into the Praetorium while His accusers stayed without; that He had not heard their accusations (Joh_18:34), and that Pilate was now questioning Him at a private examination.
Thou sayest it] For a fuller account of the scene read Joh_18:33-38. It is alluded to in 1Ti_6:13.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) Thou sayest it.—Here, as in Luk_22:70 and Mat_26:64,…
(3) Thou sayest it.—Here, as in Luk_22:70 and Mat_26:64, the formula is one of confession. The fuller narrative of St. John should be compared throughout.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King…
And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? Pilate then went again into his judgment-hall, where he had left Jesus, but before going back he could not resist addressing an ironical word to the accusing Jews: "Take ye him, and judge him according to your Law", (Joh_18:31) to which the Sanhedrists replied that they were not allowed to put any man to death, thus publicly confessing the state of comparative impotence to which they were now reduced, and also revealing their deadly purpose in the case of Jesus. Pilate, having gone into the judgment-hall again, proceeds to interrogate Jesus. The first two accusations he passes over, seeing clearly that they were baseless. The third, however, struck him. Art thou, poor, friendless, powerless Man, the King I have been hearing about? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it. St. Luke gives only this bare summary of the examination, in which the prisoner Jesus simply replies "Yes," he was the King. St. John (Joh_18:33-38) gives us a more full and detailed account. It is more than probable that John was present during the interrogatory. In the sublime answers of the Lord, his words explanatory of the nature of his kingdom, which "is not of this world," struck Pilate and decided him to give the reply we find in the next verse.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Pilate asked him
Pilate asked him
"Pilate asked Jesus"
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You say so
Possible meanings are 1) by saying this, Jesus implied that he is the King of the Jews. AT: "Yes, as you said, I am" or "Yes. It is as you said" or 2) by saying this, Jesus was saying that Pilate, not Jesus, was the one calling him the King of the Jews. AT: "You yourself have said so" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
multitudes
large groups of people
I find no fault in this man
"I do not find this man guilty of anything"
stirs up
"causes trouble among"
all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place
This can be translated as a new sentence. AT: "all Judea. He began causing trouble in Galilee and now is causing trouble here"
translationWords
Pilate
King of the Jews
chief priests
Judea
Galilee
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 23:3 You have said it: This is the same…
23:3 You have said it: This is the same vague answer that Jesus gave to the high council (22:70), emphasizing Jesus’ acceptance of the title “king of the Jews” but suggesting that Pilate’s understanding of the title was different from his own.
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