Luke 23:13

Lexham English Bible

So Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people,

King James Version (1611)
And Pilate, when hee had called together the chiefe Priests, and the rulers, and the people,

King James Version
And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

English Standard Version
Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

New American Standard Bible
Now Pilate summoned to himself the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,

New Century Version
Pilate called the people together with the leading priests and the rulers.

Amplified Bible
Pilate summoned the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Pilate summoned the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

Legacy Standard Bible
And Pilate summoned the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

Berean Standard Bible
Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,

Contemporary English Version
Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people.

Complete Jewish Bible
Pilate summoned the head cohanim, the leaders and the people,

Darby Translation
And Pilate, having called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

Easy-to-Read Version
Pilate called all the people together with the leading priests and the Jewish leaders.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Pilate called together the hie Priests and the rulers, and the people,

George Lamsa Translation
Then Pilate called the high priests and the leaders of the people,

Good News Translation
Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people,

Literal Translation
And having called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

American Standard Version
And Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

Bible in Basic English
And Pilate sent for the chief priests and the rulers and the people, and said to them,

Hebrew Names Version
Pilate called together the chief Kohanim and the rulers and the people,

International Standard Version
Then Pilate called the high priests, the otherother">[fn] leaders, and the people togetherMatthew 27:23; Mark 15:14; John 18:38; 19:4;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And Pilatos called the chief priests and the rulers of the people,

Murdock Translation
And Pilate called the chief priests and the rulers of the people,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Pilate called together the hye priestes, and the rulers, and the people,

English Revised Version
And Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

World English Bible
Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And Pilate having called together the chief priests, and the rulers,

Weymouth's New Testament
Then calling together the High Priests and the Rulers and the people, Pilate said,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Pilat clepide togider the princis of prestis and the maiestratis of the puple, and seide to hem,

Update Bible Version
And Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests, and the rulers, and the people,

New English Translation
Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,

New King James Version
Matthew 27:15-26; Mark 15:6-15; John 18:38-19:16">[xr] Then Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,

New Living Translation
Then Pilate called together the leading priests and other religious leaders, along with the people,

New Life Bible
Pilate called the religious leaders and the leaders of the people and the people together.

New Revised Standard
Pilate then called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Pilate, calling together the High-priests, and the Rulers, and the people,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Pilate, calling together the chief priests and the magistrates and the people,

Revised Standard Version
Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And Pylate called to geder the hye prestes and the rulers and the people

Young's Literal Translation
And Pilate having called together the chief priests, and the rulers, and the people,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Pilate called the hye prestes, and the rulers, and the people together,

Mace New Testament (1729)
Pilate having order'd the chief priests, the senators, and people to appear, he said to them,

THE MESSAGE
Then Pilate called in the high priests, rulers, and the others and said, "You brought this man to me as a disturber of the peace. I examined him in front of all of you and found there was nothing to your charge. And neither did Herod, for he has sent him back here with a clean bill of health. It's clear that he's done nothing wrong, let alone anything deserving death. I'm going to warn him to watch his step and let him go." At that, the crowd went wild: "Kill him! Give us Barabbas!" (Barabbas had been thrown in prison for starting a riot in the city and for murder.) Pilate still wanted to let Jesus go, and so spoke out again. But they kept shouting back, "Crucify! Crucify him!" He tried a third time. "But for what crime? I've found nothing in him deserving death. I'm going to warn him to watch his step and let him go." But they kept at it, a shouting mob, demanding that he be crucified. And finally they shouted him down. Pilate caved in and gave them what they wanted. He released the man thrown in prison for rioting and murder, and gave them Jesus to do whatever they wanted. As they led him off, they made Simon, a man from Cyrene who happened to be coming in from the countryside, carry the cross behind Jesus. A huge crowd of people followed, along with women weeping and carrying on. At one point Jesus turned to the women and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, don't cry for me. Cry for yourselves and for your children. The time is coming when they'll say, ‘Lucky the women who never conceived! Lucky the wombs that never gave birth! Lucky the breasts that never gave milk!' Then they'll start calling to the mountains, ‘Fall down on us!' calling to the hills, ‘Cover us up!' If people do these things to a live, green tree, can you imagine what they'll do with deadwood?" Two others, both criminals, were taken along with him for execution. When they got to the place called Skull Hill, they crucified him, along with the criminals, one on his right, the other on his left. Jesus prayed, "Father, forgive them; they don't know what they're doing." Dividing up his clothes, they threw dice for them. The people stood there staring at Jesus, and the ringleaders made faces, taunting, "He saved others. Let's see him save himself! The Messiah of God—ha! The Chosen—ha!" The soldiers also came up and poked fun at him, making a game of it. They toasted him with sour wine: "So you're King of the Jews! Save yourself!" Printed over him was a sign: this is the king of the jews . One of the criminals hanging alongside cursed him: "Some Messiah you are! Save yourself! Save us!" But the other one made him shut up: "Have you no fear of God? You're getting the same as him. We deserve this, but not him—he did nothing to deserve this." Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you enter your kingdom." He said, "Don't worry, I will. Today you will join me in paradise." By now it was noon. The whole earth became dark, the darkness lasting three hours—a total blackout. The Temple curtain split right down the middle. Jesus called loudly, "Father, I place my life in your hands!" Then he breathed his last. When the captain there saw what happened, he honored God: "This man was innocent! A good man, and innocent!" All who had come around as spectators to watch the show, when they saw what actually happened, were overcome with grief and headed home. Those who knew Jesus well, along with the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a respectful distance and kept vigil. There was a man by the name of Joseph, a member of the Jewish High Council, a man of good heart and good character. He had not gone along with the plans and actions of the council. His hometown was the Jewish village of Arimathea. He lived in alert expectation of the kingdom of God. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Taking him down, he wrapped him in a linen shroud and placed him in a tomb chiseled into the rock, a tomb never yet used. It was the day before Sabbath, the Sabbath just about to begin. The women who had been companions of Jesus from Galilee followed along. They saw the tomb where Jesus' body was placed. Then they went back to prepare burial spices and perfumes. They rested quietly on the Sabbath, as commanded.

Simplified Cowboy Version
So Pilate got everyone who was trying to have Jesus killed

Contextual Overview

¹³ So Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people ¹⁴ and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people, and behold, when I examined him before you, I found nothing in this man as basis for the accusation which you are making against him. ¹⁵ But neither did Herod, because he sent him back to us. And behold, nothing deserving death has been done by him. ¹⁶ Therefore I will punish him and release him." But they all cried out in unison, saying, "Take this man away, and release for us Barabbas!" (who had been thrown in prison because of a certain insurrection that had taken place in the city, and for murder). And Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again, but they kept crying out, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!" So he said to them a third time, "Why? What wrong has this man done? I found no basis for an accusation deserving death in him. Therefore I will punish him and release him." But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he be crucified. And their cries prevailed. And Pilate decided that their demand should be granted. And he released the one who had been thrown into prison because of insurrection and murder, whom they were asking for, but Jesus he handed over to their will. And as they led him away, they seized Simon, a certain man of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and placed the cross on him, to carry it behind Jesus. And a great crowd of the people were following him, and of women who were mourning and lamenting him. But turning to them, Jesus said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children! For behold, days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that did not give birth, and the breasts that did not nurse!' Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!' and to the hills, ‘Cover us!' For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?" And two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him. And when they came to the place that is called "The Skull," there they crucified him, and the criminals, the one on his right and the other on his left. [[But Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."]] And they cast lots to divide his clothes. And the people stood there watching, but the rulers also ridiculed him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if this man is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!" And the soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine and saying, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!" And there was also an inscription over him, "This is the king of the Jews." And one of the criminals who were hanged there reviled him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself—and us!" But the other answered and rebuked him, saying, "Do you not even fear God, because you are undergoing the same condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for what we have done. But this man has done nothing wrong!" And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom!" And he said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise." And by this time it was about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour because the light of the sun failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn apart down the middle. And Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit!" And after he said this, he expired. Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he began to praise God, saying, "Certainly this man was righteous!" And all the crowds that had come together for this spectacle, when they saw the things that had happened, returned home beating their breasts. And all his acquaintances, and the women who had followed him from Galilee who saw these things, stood at a distance. And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man (this man was not consenting to their plan and deed), from Arimathea, a Judean town, who was looking forward to the kingdom of God. This man approached Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. And he took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth and placed him in a tomb cut into the rock where no one had ever been placed. And it was the day of preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near. And the women who had been accompanying him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was placed. And they returned and prepared fragrant spices and perfumes, and on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. ¹⁷Jesus Brought Before Pilate And the whole assembly of them rose up and brought him before Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying he himself is Christ, a king!" And Pilate asked him, saying, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And he answered him and said, "You say so." So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no basis for an accusation against this man." But they insisted, saying, "He incites the people, teaching throughout the whole of Judea and beginning from Galilee as far as here." Now when Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean. And when he found out that he was from the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him over to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem in those days. And when Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see some miracle performed by him. So he questioned him at considerable length, but he answered nothing to him. And the chief priests and the scribes were standing there vehemently accusing him. And Herod with his soldiers also treated him with contempt, and after mocking him and dressing him in glistening clothing, he sent him back to Pilate. And both Herod and Pilate became friends with one another on that same day, for they had previously been enemies of one another. So Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people, and behold, when I examined him before you, I found nothing in this man as basis for the accusation which you are making against him. But neither did Herod, because he sent him back to us. And behold, nothing deserving death has been done by him. Therefore I will punish him and release him." ¹⁸ But they all cried out in unison, saying, "Take this man away, and release for us Barabbas!" ¹⁹ (who had been thrown in prison because of a certain insurrection that had taken place in the city, and for murder). ²⁰ And Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again, ²¹ but they kept crying out, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!" ²² So he said to them a third time, "Why? What wrong has this man done? I found no basis for an accusation deserving death in him. Therefore I will punish him and release him."

Bible Verse Review
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Matthew 27:21-23, Mark 15:14, John 18:38, John 19:4

Reciprocal: Daniel 6:14 - was sore Acts 4:27 - Pontius Pilate

Cross-References

Genesis 23:5
And the Hittites answered Abraham and said to him,

Genesis 23:8
And he spoke with them, saying, "If you are willing that I bury my dead from before me, hear me and intercede for me with Ephron the son of Zohar,

2 Samuel 24:24
Then the king said to Araunah, "No, but I will certainly buy it from you for a price; I don't want to offer to Yahweh my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the cattle for fifty shekels of silver.

Acts 20:35
I have shown you with respect to all things that by working hard in this way it is necessary to help those who are in need, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

Romans 13:8
Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another, for the one who loves someone else has fulfilled the law.

Colossians 4:5
Live with wisdom toward those outside, making the most of the time.

Hebrews 13:5
Your lifestyle must be free from the love of money, being content with what you have. For he himself has said, "I will never desert you, and I will never abandon you."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests,.... That is, after Herod had sent back Christ unto him, he then summoned the chief priests together, to consider what should be done to him: and with them also,

the rulers and the people; both the civil and ecclesiastical rulers, and the chief among the people, who had been forward in accusing Jesus, and seeking his death: the latter of these is not read in the Persic version; and both are joined together in the Syriac and Ethiopic versions, and read thus; by the former, "the princes, or chiefs of the people": and by the latter, "the judges of the people": in a word, he convened the whole sanhedrim, which consisted of the chief priests, Scribes, and elders of the people.