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Good News Translation

Luke 23:3

Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" "So you say," answered Jesus.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Indictments;   Jerusalem;   Jesus, the Christ;   Pleading;   Self-Defense;   Treason;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Pilate;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Exhortation;   Humiliation of Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Herod;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gospels, Apocryphal;   Medicine;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Israel, Israelite;   Names and Titles of Christ;   Oath;   Questions and Answers;   Trial of Jesus;   Trinity (2);   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Cross;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - King, Christ as;   Pilate, Pontius;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
King James Version (1611)
And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the king of the Iewes? And he answered him, & said, Thou sayest it.
King James Version
And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.
English Standard Version
And Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, "You have said so."
New American Standard Bible
Now Pilate asked Him, saying, "So You are the King of the Jews?" And He answered him and said, "It is as you say."
New Century Version
Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus answered, "Those are your words."
Amplified Bible
So Pilate asked Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?" And He answered him, "It is just as you say."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Pilate asked Him, saying, "Are You the King of the Jews?" And He answered him and said, "It is as you say."
Legacy Standard Bible
So Pilate asked Him, saying, "Are You the King of the Jews?" And He answered him and said, "You yourself say it."
Berean Standard Bible
So Pilate asked Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?" "You have said so," Jesus replied.
Contemporary English Version
Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?" "Those are your words," Jesus answered.
Complete Jewish Bible
Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And he answered him, "The words are yours."
Darby Translation
And Pilate demanded of him saying, Art *thou* the king of the Jews? And he answering him said, Thou sayest.
Easy-to-Read Version
Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus answered, "Yes, what you say is true."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Iewes? And hee answered him, and sayd, Thou sayest it.
George Lamsa Translation
Pilate asked him and said, Are you the king of the Jews? He said to him, You say that.
Lexham English Bible
And Pilate asked him, saying, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And he answered him and said, "You say so."
Literal Translation
And Pilate questioned Him, saying, Are you the king of the Jews? And answering, him, He said, You say it .
American Standard Version
And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest.
Bible in Basic English
And Pilate said to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he said in answer, You say so.
Hebrew Names Version
Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Yehudim?" He answered him, "So you say."
International Standard Version
Then Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He answered him, "You say so."Matthew 27:11; 1 Timothy 6:13;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
But Pilatos asked him, and said to him, Art thou the king of the Jihudoyee ? He saith to him, Thou hast said.
Murdock Translation
And Pilate interrogated him, and said to him: Art thou king of the Jews? He said to him: Thou hast said.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Pilate apposed hym, saying: Art thou the kyng of the Iewes? He aunswered hym, and sayde: Thou sayest it.
English Revised Version
And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest.
World English Bible
Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered him, "So you say."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And Pilate asked him saying, Art thou the king of the Jews?
Weymouth's New Testament
Then Pilate asked Him, "You, then, are the King of the Jews?" "It is as you say," He replied.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Pilat axide hym, and seide, Art thou kyng of Jewis? And he answeride, and seide, Thou seist.
Update Bible Version
And Pilate asked him, saying, Are you the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, You say.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest [it].
New English Translation
So Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He replied, "You say so."
New King James Version
Then Pilate asked Him, saying, "Are You the King of the Jews?" He answered him and said, "It is as you say."
New Living Translation
So Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus replied, "You have said it."
New Life Bible
Pilate asked Jesus, "Are You the King of the Jews?" He said, "What you said is true."
New Revised Standard
Then Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He answered, "You say so."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Pilate, questioned him, saying - Art, thou, the king of the Jews? And, he, answering him, said - Thou, sayest.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Pilate asked him, saying: Art thou the king of the Jews? But he answering, said: Thou sayest it.
Revised Standard Version
And Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, "You have said so."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And Pylate apposed him sayinge: arte thou the kynge of the iewes? He answered him and sayde: thou sayest it.
Young's Literal Translation
And Pilate questioned him, saying, `Thou art the king of the Jews?' and he answering him, said, `Thou dost say [it].'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Pilate axed him, and sayde: Art thou the kynge of the Iewes? He answered him, and sayde: Thou sayest it.
Mace New Testament (1729)
then Pilate ask'd him, art thou the king of the Jews? Jesus answer'd him, 'tis as you say.
THE MESSAGE
Pilate asked him, "Is this true that you're ‘King of the Jews'?" "Those are your words, not mine," Jesus replied.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Pilate looked down at Jesus and said, "Are you the king of these Jews?"Jesus looked him in the eye and said, "You spoke the words."

Contextual Overview

1 The whole group rose up and took Jesus before Pilate, 2 where they began to accuse him: "We caught this man misleading our people, telling them not to pay taxes to the Emperor and claiming that he himself is the Messiah, a king." 3 Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" "So you say," answered Jesus. 4 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no reason to condemn this man." 5 But they insisted even more strongly, "With his teaching he is starting a riot among the people all through Judea. He began in Galilee and now has come here." 6 When Pilate heard this, he asked, "Is this man a Galilean?" 7 When he learned that Jesus was from the region ruled by Herod, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time. 8 Herod was very pleased when he saw Jesus, because he had heard about him and had been wanting to see him for a long time. He was hoping to see Jesus perform some miracle. 9 So Herod asked Jesus many questions, but Jesus made no answer. 10 The chief priests and the teachers of the Law stepped forward and made strong accusations against Jesus.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Pilate: Matthew 27:11, Mark 15:2, John 18:33-37, 1 Timothy 6:13

the King: Luke 23:38, Luke 1:32, Luke 1:33, Luke 19:38-40, Mark 15:18, Mark 15:32, John 1:49, John 19:3, John 19:19-21

he answered: 1 Timothy 6:13

Thou sayest it: This was the most solemn mode of affirmation used by the Jews. When the inhabitants of Zippor, inquired whether Rabbi Judah were dead, the son of Kaphra answered, אתון אמריתון, Ye say.

Reciprocal: Matthew 2:2 - born Mark 14:62 - I am Luke 22:70 - Ye say John 18:37 - Thou

Cross-References

Genesis 10:15
Canaan's sons—Sidon, the oldest, and Heth—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
Genesis 23:5
They answered,
Genesis 23:7
Then Abraham bowed before them
Genesis 25:10
It was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites; both Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried there.
Genesis 27:46
Rebecca said to Isaac, "I am sick and tired of Esau's foreign wives. If Jacob also marries one of these Hittites, I might as well die."
Genesis 49:30
at Machpelah east of Mamre in the land of Canaan. Abraham bought this cave and field from Ephron for a burial ground.
1 Samuel 26:6
Then David asked Ahimelech the Hittite, and Abishai the brother of Joab (their mother was Zeruiah), "Which of you two will go to Saul's camp with me?" "I will," Abishai answered.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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;

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;

:- 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 John 18:36 which made Pilate perfectly easy, and desirous to release him, as appears by what follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 27:11.


 
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