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Luke 23:12

Now that very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other—before this they had been enemies.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Herod;   Jesus, the Christ;   Reconciliation;   Rulers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Pilate, Pontius;   Pontius Pilate;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophecies Respecting Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Herod;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Galilee;   Herod;   Pilate;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Exhortation;   Humiliation of Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Herod;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Herod's Palace;   Luke, Gospel of;   Trial of Jesus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gospels, Apocryphal;   Pilate;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Herod;   Herod ;   Mockery;   Nation (2);   Pilate Pontius;   Trial of Jesus;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Herod, Family of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Enmity;   Herod;   Jesus Christ, the Arrest and Trial of;   Pilate, Pontius;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
That very day Herod and Pilate became friends. Previously, they had been enemies.
King James Version (1611)
And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together; for before, they were at enmitie betweene themselues.
King James Version
And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
English Standard Version
And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been at enmity with each other.
New American Standard Bible
And so Herod and Pilate became friends with one another that very day; for previously, they had been enemies toward each other.
New Century Version
In the past, Pilate and Herod had always been enemies, but on that day they became friends.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now Herod and Pilate became friends with one another that very day; for before they had been enemies with each other.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now Herod and Pilate became friends with one another that very day; for before they had been enemies with each other.
Berean Standard Bible
That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.
Contemporary English Version
That same day Herod and Pilate became friends, even though they had been enemies before this.
Complete Jewish Bible
That day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other; previously they had been enemies.
Darby Translation
And Pilate and Herod became friends with one another the same day, for they had been at enmity before between themselves.
Easy-to-Read Version
In the past Pilate and Herod had always been enemies. But on that day they became friends.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were enemies one to another.
George Lamsa Translation
And that day Pilate and Herod became friends with each other; for there was a longstanding enmity between them.
Good News Translation
On that very day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this they had been enemies.
Lexham English Bible
And both Herod and Pilate became friends with one another on that same day, for they had previously been enemies of one another.
Literal Translation
And on that same day, both Pilate and Herod became friends with each other, for before they were at enmity between themselves.
American Standard Version
And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
Bible in Basic English
And that day Herod and Pilate became friends with one another, for before they had been against one another.
Hebrew Names Version
Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before that they were enemies with each other.
International Standard Version
So Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day. Before this they had been enemies.Acts 4:27;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And in that day Pilatos and Herodes were friends with each other; for before there had been enmity between them.
Murdock Translation
And on that day, Pilate and Herod became friends to each other; for there had previously been enmity between them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the same day Pilate and Herode were made friendes together: For before they were at variaunce.
English Revised Version
And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
World English Bible
Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before that they were enemies with each other.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
Weymouth's New Testament
And on that very day Herod and Pilate became friends again, for they had been for some time at enmity.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Eroude and Pilat weren maad freendis fro that dai; for bifor thei weren enemyes togidre.
Update Bible Version
And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together; for before they were at enmity between themselves.
New English Translation
That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other, for prior to this they had been enemies.
New King James Version
That very day Pilate and Herod became friends with each other, for previously they had been at enmity with each other.
New Living Translation
(Herod and Pilate, who had been enemies before, became friends that day.)
New Life Bible
That day Pilate and Herod became friends. Before that they had worked against each other.
New Revised Standard
That same day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other; before this they had been enemies.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they became friends - both Herod and Pilate - on the self-same day, one with another; for they had previously been at enmity between themselves.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Herod and Pilate were made friends, that same day: for before they were enemies one to another.
Revised Standard Version
And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been at enmity with each other.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And the same daye Pylate and Herod were made frendes togeder. For before they were at variaunce.
Young's Literal Translation
and both Pilate and Herod became friends on that day with one another, for they were before at enmity between themselves.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Vpo ye same daye were Pilate and Herode made frendes together, for afore they had bene at variaunce.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and from that day the enmity that had been between Pilate and Herod ended in friendship.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Now Pilate and Herod had never got along, but they became friends that day.

Contextual Overview

1Then the whole assembly got up and brought Him before Pilate. 2They began to accuse Jesus, asserting, "We found this Man misleading and perverting our nation and forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and claiming that He Himself is Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), a King." 3So Pilate asked Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?" And He answered him, "It is just as you say." 4Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no guilt in this Man." 5But they were insistent and said, "He stirs up the people [to rebel], teaching throughout Judea, starting from Galilee even as far as here [in Jerusalem]." 6When Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man was a Galilean. 7And when he learned that He belonged to the jurisdiction of Herod [Antipas, the tetrarch of Galilee], he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time. 8When Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly pleased. He had wanted to see Him for a long time because of what he had heard about Him, and was hoping to see some [miraculous] sign [even something spectacular] done by Him. 9And he questioned Him at some length, but Jesus made no reply. 10The chief priests and the scribes were standing there, continually accusing Him heatedly.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 83:4-6, Acts 4:27, Matthew 16:1, Revelation 17:13, Revelation 17:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 38:20 - his friend Psalms 2:2 - kings

Cross-References

Genesis 18:2
When he raised his eyes and looked up, behold, three men were standing [a little distance] from him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed down [with his face] to the ground,
Genesis 19:1
It was evening when the two angels came to Sodom. Lot was sitting at Sodom's [city] gate. Seeing them, Lot got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground.
Genesis 23:7
So Abraham stood up and bowed to the people of the land, the Hittites.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together,.... For it pleased Herod, that Pilate should show such a regard to his authority and power, as to send one that belonged to his jurisdiction to take cognizance of his case; and especially as it was a person that was much talked of, and he had long wanted to see; and Pilate, on the other hand, was pleased with Herod, that though he was one that was under his jurisdiction, and so had a right of trying the cause, and either absolve or condemn, yet chose not to use this his power, but referred the case to the Roman governor:

for before they were at enmity between themselves; it may be on account of the Galilaeans, the subjects of Herod, whom Pilate had slain, whilst they were sacrificing at Jerusalem, Luke 13:1, which Herod might resent, as an infringement upon his authority and power; for had they been ever so deserving of punishment, it ought to have been left to him, to have inflicted it, and not the governor of Judea, who had nothing to do with them: but now matters were made up by this step of Pilate's, in sending Christ to him, supposed to be a Galilean, and so of Herod's jurisdiction; which was tacitly acknowledging his former conduct to be wrong, and showed a regard to Herod's authority: and thus they were reconciled together, and agreed in their contemptuous usage, and ill-treatment of Christ, and so fulfilled Psalms 2:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Made friends together ... - What had been the cause of their quarrel is unknown. It is commonly supposed that it was Pilate’s slaying the Galileans in Jerusalem, as related in Luke 13:1-2. The occasion of their reconciliation seems to have been the civility and respect which Pilate showed to Herod in this case. It was not because they were united in “hating” Jesus, as is often the case with wicked people, for Pilate was certainly desirous of releasing him, and “both” considered him merely as an object of ridicule and sport. It is true, however, that wicked people, at variance in other things, are often united in opposing and ridiculing Christ and his followers; and that enmities of long standing are sometimes made up, and the most opposite characters brought together, simply to oppose religion. Compare Psalms 83:5-7.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 23:12. Pilate and Herod were made friends — I do not find any account of the cause of the enmity which subsisted between Herod and Pilate given by ancient authors; and the conjectures of the moderns on the subject should be considered as mere guesses. It is generally supposed that this enmity arose from what is related Luke 13:0, of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate hath mingled with that of their sacrifices. These were Herod's subjects, and Pilate seems to have fallen on them at the time they were offering sacrifices to God at the temple. Wicked men cannot love one another: this belongs to the disciples of Christ. But when Christ, his truth, or his followers are to be persecuted, for this purpose the wicked unite their counsels and their influence. The Moabites and Ammonites, who were enemies among themselves, united against poor Israel, and, as Rabbi Tanchum says, may be likened to two contending dogs, who, when the wolf comes, join together to destroy him; each knowing that, if he do not, the wolf will kill both in succession: whereas, by their union, they may now kill or baffle him. There is a proverb among the rabbins, that, when the cat and weasel marry together, misery becomes increased.


 
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