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Luke 23:10

The chief priests and the experts in the law were there, vehemently accusing him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Herod;   Jesus, the Christ;   Rulers;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Scribes;  

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;   Humiliation of Christ;   Mockery;   Nation (2);   Trial of Jesus;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Herod, Family of;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him.
King James Version (1611)
And the chiefe Priests and Scribes stood, and vehemently accused him.
King James Version
And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.
English Standard Version
The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him.
New American Standard Bible
Now the chief priests and the scribes stood there, vehemently charging Him.
New Century Version
The leading priests and teachers of the law were standing there, strongly accusing Jesus.
Amplified Bible
The chief priests and the scribes were standing there, continually accusing Him heatedly.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And the chief priests and the scribes were standing there, accusing Him vehemently.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the chief priests and the scribes were standing there, vehemently accusing Him.
Berean Standard Bible
Meanwhile, the chief priests and scribes stood there, vehemently accusing Him.
Contemporary English Version
Then the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses stood up and accused him of all kinds of bad things.
Complete Jewish Bible
However, the head cohanim and the Torah-teachers stood there, vehemently pressing their case against him.
Darby Translation
And the chief priests and the scribes stood and accused him violently.
Easy-to-Read Version
The leading priests and teachers of the law were standing there shouting things against Jesus.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The hie Priests also & Scribes stood forth, and accused him vehemently.
George Lamsa Translation
But the high priests and the scribes stood, and accused him bitterly.
Good News Translation
The chief priests and the teachers of the Law stepped forward and made strong accusations against Jesus.
Lexham English Bible
And the chief priests and the scribes were standing there vehemently accusing him.
Literal Translation
And the chief priests and the scribes stood fiercely accusing Him.
American Standard Version
And the chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.
Bible in Basic English
And the chief priests and the scribes were there, making statements against him violently.
Hebrew Names Version
The chief Kohanim and the Sofrim stood, vehemently accusing him.
International Standard Version
Meanwhile, the high priests and the scribes stood by and continued to accuse him vehemently.
Etheridge Translation
And the chief priests and scribes stood and strenuously accused him.
Murdock Translation
And the chief priests and Scribes stood up, and accused him vehemently.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The hye priestes and scribes stoode foorth, and accused hym straytely.
English Revised Version
And the chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.
World English Bible
The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.
Weymouth's New Testament
Meanwhile the High Priests and the Scribes were standing there and vehemently accusing Him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the princis of preestis and the scribis stoden, stidfastli accusynge hym.
Update Bible Version
And the chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.
New King James Version
And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused Him.
New Living Translation
Meanwhile, the leading priests and the teachers of religious law stood there shouting their accusations.
New Life Bible
The religious leaders and the teachers of the Law were standing there. They said many false things against Him.
New Revised Standard
The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the High-priests and the Scribes stood vehemently accusing him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the chief priests and the scribes stood by, earnestly accusing him.
Revised Standard Version
The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The hye prestes and scribes stode forthe and accused him straytly.
Young's Literal Translation
And the chief priests and the scribes stood vehemently accusing him,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The hye prestes and scrybes stode, and accused him sore.
Mace New Testament (1729)
but Jesus made him no answer, tho' the chief priests and Scribes maintain'd their charge with vehemence.
Simplified Cowboy Version
The religious rabble stood by and yelled their accusations at Jesus and tried to get Herod riled up.

Contextual Overview

1 Then the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate. 2 They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king." 3 So Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He replied, "You say so." 4 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no basis for an accusation against this man." 5 But they persisted in saying, "He incites the people by teaching throughout all Judea. It started in Galilee and ended up here!" 6 Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean. 7 When he learned that he was from Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who also happened to be in Jerusalem at that time. 8 When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see him perform some miraculous sign. 9 So Herod questioned him at considerable length; Jesus gave him no answer. 10 The chief priests and the experts in the law were there, vehemently accusing him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and vehemently: Luke 23:2, Luke 23:5, Luke 23:14, Luke 23:15, Luke 11:53, Acts 24:5

Reciprocal: Psalms 22:16 - assembly Psalms 119:23 - Princes Matthew 2:4 - scribes Acts 25:7 - and laid

Cross-References

Genesis 23:1
Sarah lived 127 years.
Genesis 23:3
Then Abraham got up from mourning his dead wife and said to the sons of Heth,
Genesis 23:4
"I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead."
Genesis 23:18
as his property in the presence of the sons of Heth before all who entered the gate of Ephron's city.
Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed with all kinds of gifts from his master at his disposal. He journeyed to the region of Aram Naharaim and the city of Nahor.
Genesis 34:20
So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city,
Genesis 34:24
All the men who assembled at the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem. Every male who assembled at the city gate was circumcised.
Job 29:7
When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,
Isaiah 28:6
He will give discernment to the one who makes judicial decisions, and strength to those who defend the city from attackers.
Matthew 9:1
After getting into a boat he crossed to the other side and came to his own town.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the chief priests and Scribes,.... The sanhedrim that followed him from Pilate's hall, to Herod's palace; fearing, lest Herod should be disposed to let him go, should he gratify him by working a miracle:

stood; before Herod; so witnesses, and accusers, used to do;

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and vehemently accused him; of the same things they had accused him before Pilate, with great bitterness and constancy, increasing, and aggravating the charges against him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Vehemently accused him - Violently or unjustly accused him, endeavoring to make it appear that he had been guilty of sedition in Herod’s province.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 23:10. The chief priests - vehemently accused him. — Corrupt priests and teachers are generally the most implacable enemies of Christ and his truth. Evil passions betray those who are slaves to them. An affected moderation would have rendered these accusers less suspected, their accusations more probable, and the envy less visible than this vehemence: but envy seldom or never consults prudence: and God permits this to be so for the honour of truth and innocence. Quesnel.


 
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