Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 23:11
Herod set him at nought — Probably judging him to be a fool, because he answered nothing. In a splendid robe — In royal apparel; intimating that he feared nothing from this king.
Herod set him at nought — Probably judging him to be a fool, because he answered nothing. In a splendid robe — In royal apparel; intimating that he feared nothing from this king.
LUKE 23:11 @kai.# o` ~Hrw,|dhj {C} On the basis of the age of î75 and the difficulty of understanding the force of kai, in the context, the reading kai. o` ~Hrw,|dhj appears to be preferred. At the s...
Verse Luke 23:11. _A GORGEOUS ROBE_] εσθητα λαμπραν. It probably means _a_ _white robe_, for it was the custom of the Jewish nobility to wear such. Hence, in Revelation 3:4, it is said of the saints,...
HEROD WITH HIS MEN OF WAR - With his soldiers, or his body-guard. It is probable that in traveling he had “a guard” to attend him constantly. SET HIM AT NOUGHT - Treated him with contempt and ridicul...
CHAPTER 23 _ 1. The son of man before Pilate and Herod. (Luke 23:1)_ 2. Pilate Yields to the People's Will; Barabbas Freed and the Son of man Condemned. (Luke 23:13) 3. The Crucifixion of the Son Of...
PILATE, HEROD, AND JESUS (Lk. only). The historicity of this incident has been questioned on two grounds. (1) There was not time for it before the Crucifixion at 9 A.M. But the Crucifixion may have be...
TRIAL BEFORE PILATE AND SILENCE BEFORE HEROD (Luke 23:1-12)...
The whole assembly rose up and brought Jesus to Pilate. They began to accuse him. "We found this man," they said, "perverting our nation and trying to stop men paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that...
WITH. Greek. _sun._ App-104. SET HIM AT NOUGHT. treated Him with contempt. mocked. See Luke 22:63. GORGEOUS. resplendent. Compare Acts 10:30; Revelation 15:6....
_with his men of war_ Literally, "_with his armies f_i.e. with his soldiers. _set him at nought_ treating Him not as a _criminal,_but only as a person worthy of contempt. "He is despised and rejected...
ἘΞΟΥΘΕΝΉΣΑΣ. Treating Him not as a _criminal_, but only as a person worthy of contempt. Isaiah 53:3. ΣῪΝ ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΣΤΡΑΤΕΎΜΑΣΙΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. “_With his armies_,” i.e. with his soldiers. ἘΣΘΗ͂ΤΑ ΛΑΜΠΡΆΝ. Lite...
THE TRIAL BEFORE HEROD. FURTHER ENDEAVOURS OF PILATE TO PROCURE HIS ACQUITTAL. THE CHOICE OF BARABBAS. THE CONDEMNATION TO THE CROSS...
Ver 6. When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilean. 7. And as soon as he knew that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusal...
ΈΞΟΥΘΕΝΉΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.) от_ ΈΞΟΥΘΕΝΈΩ (G1848) считать незначительным, относиться пренебрежительно, пренебрегать, ΣΤΡΑΤΕΎΜΑΣΙΝ _dat. pl. от_ ΣΤΡΆΤΕΥΜΑ (G4753) армия. Здесь _pl._ может...
AND HEROD WITH HIS MEN OF WAR SET HIM AT NOUGHT,— Herod, finding himself disappointed, Luke 23:9 ordered Christ to be clothed with an old robe, in colour like those which kings used to wear, and permi...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Trial Before Herod Scripture_ Luke 23:8-12 Now when Herod saw Jesus, He was exceeding glad,: for he was of a long time desirous to see him, because he had heard concerning h...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Indicted (Luke 23:1-25) 23 Then the whole company of them arose, and brought him before Pilate. 2And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting our na...
And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. For the exposition, see the notes at John 18:28....
1-5 Compare Mat_27:1-14; Mar_15:2-5 : Joh_18:28-38. 1 The trial now takes on a new character. It passes from the religious to the political phase. It would be quite useless to bring the Sanhedrin's f...
23:11 back (a-23) Remitted is the technical word for sending to one's proper jurisdiction. So, ver. 11, 'sent back' alludes probably to jurisdiction, as they were in strife about it....
TRIAL BEFORE PILATE AND HEROD. THE CRUCIFIXION AND BURIAL 1-5. The trial before Pilate begins (Matthew 27:1; Matthew 27:11; Mark 15:1; John 18:2
TRIAL BEFORE HEROD (peculiar to Lk). 'By sending Jesus to Herod the clever Roman gained two ends at once. First, he got rid of the business which was imposed on him, and then he took the first step to...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 23 PILATE EXAMINES JESUS 23:1-7 V1 The whole group rose up and took Jesus to Pilate. V2 They began to accuse him. ‘We caught this man because he is c...
HEROD WITH HIS MEN OF WAR. — Better, perhaps, _troops,_ or _soldiers._ The word is the same as that translated “armies” in Matthew 22:7; Acts 23:27; “soldiers” in Acts 23:10. ARRAYED HIM IN A GORGEOUS...
ἐξουθενήσας : on this verb and kindred forms, _vide_ at Mark 9:12. Herod, feeling slighted by Jesus, slights Him in turn, inciting his bodyguards (τοῖς στρατεύμασιν, which cannot here mean armies) to...
_Before Herod_, peculiar to Lk....
SILENT UNDER FALSE ACCUSATIONS Luke 23:1-12 The Jewish Sanhedrin, hastily summoned at the hour of dawn, having elicited from Jesus the profession of His messiahship and deity, and having concluded o...
This is the story of the Cross, and, as in dealing with other Gospels, it is best read in reverent quietness and meditation. We see all the forces of evil as represented in the Jewish priests and in P...
And Herod with his (c) men of war set him at nought, and mocked [him], and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. (c) Accompanied with his nobles and soldiers who followed him...
And mocked him. It is evident from the behaviour of Herod on this occasion, that he was far from believing him to be that seditious person he was represented; otherwise he would have undoubtedly treat...
JESUS BEFORE HEROD Luke 23:6-12. “ _Pilate_, _hearing of Galilee_, _asked if He is a Galilean man. And learning that He is from Herod_ ' _s jurisdiction_, _he sent Him up to Herod_, _he also being in...
Luke alone relates this remarkable circumstance. By this step the clever Roman gained two ends at once. First he got rid of the business which was imposed on him, and then he took the first step towar...
2 _d. The Civil Judgment: Luke 23:1-25_. Here we have the description, on the one hand, of the series of manoeuvres used by the Jews to obtain from Pilate the execution of the sentence, and on the oth...
"And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. (2) And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying...
The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...
_SETTING JESUS AT NOUGHT_ ‘And Herod with his men of war set Him at nought.’ Luke 23:11 I. WHO IS THE MOST LIKELY PERSON TO SET OUR LORD AT NOUGHT? (_a_) _ A man who has once heard the Word of Go...
11._And Herod despised him. _It was impossible but that a haughty man, who valued himself on his luxuries and royal dignity and wealth, should despise Christ, who had at that time nothing but what was...
The Gentiles, however, are not presented in this Gospel as being voluntarily guilty. We see, no doubt, an indifference which is flagrant injustice in a case like this, and an insolence which nothing c...
AND HEROD, WITH HIS MEN OF WAR,.... Or his soldiers, his bodyguards that attended his person, who came with him from Galilee, and were both for his security and service, and for his pomp and magnifice...
And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked _him_, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. Ver. 11. _Set him at nought_] Gr. εξουθενησας, made nobody of him....
_And the chief priests and scribes_ Whose malice had brought them to attend him thither; _stood_ In the presence of the king; _and vehemently accursed him_ Doubtless as an enemy to Cesar, and guilty o...
MEN OF WAR; the soldiers of his guard. SET HIM AT NAUGHT; treated him with contempt....
AND HEROD WITH HIS MEN OF WAR SET HIM AT NAUGHT, AND MOCKED HIM, AND ARRAYED HIM IN A GORGEOUS ROBE, AND SENT HIM AGAIN TO PILATE....
Jesus before Herod:...
DELIVERED TO PONTIUS PILATE (vs.1-5) It was still early morning when the Lord Jesus was brought to the judgment hall of Pilate, the Roman governor (John 18:28), for the Jews were determined to quick...
6-12 Herod had heard many things of Jesus in Galilee, and out of curiosity longed to see him. The poorest beggar that asked a miracle for the relief of his necessity, was never denied; but this proud...
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Luke 23:11 Then G1161 Herod G2264 with G4862 his G846 war G4753 Him G846 contempt G1848 (G5660) and...
THE HEARING BEFORE HEROD (23:8-12). In a few rapid strokes Luke brilliantly brings out what the hearing before Herod involved. Rather than being concerned about the rights and wrongs of the matter Her...
‘And Herod with his soldiers set him at nought, and mocked him, and arraying him in gorgeous apparel sent him back to Pilate.' Having exhausted his attempts to get something out of Jesus Herod was no...
Luke 23:11. AND HEROD. Failing of his expected entertainment, the monarch seeks amusement in the way here narrated. The motive was resentment at the silence of Jesus, though actual contempt was doubtl...
Luke 23:6-12. OUR LORD BEFORE HEROD....
‘Here we have the description, on the one hand of the series of maneuvers used by the Jews to obtain from Pilate the execution of the sentence, and on the other, of the series of Pilate's expedients o...
SET HIM AT NOUGHT (εξουθενησας). First aorist active participle from εξουθενεω, to count as nothing, to treat with utter contempt, as zero.ARRAYING HIM IN GORGEOUS APPAREL (περιβαλων εσθητα λαμπρα...
Luke 23:1 , _And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. And they began to accuse him saying, We found this_ Put in what word you like villains scoundrel our translators could not...
Luke 23:1. _And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate._ Our Lord had been taken to the tribunal of Annas and of Caiaphas, and sow the whole multitude of them arose and led him un...
CONTENTS: Jesus before Pilate and Herod. Barabbas released and Jesus condemned. The cricifixion and entombment. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Pilate, Caesar, Herod, Barabbas, Simon, two thieves, Joseph. CONCLUS...
Luke 23:12. _The same day Pilate and Herod were made friends._ This occurrence is quoted in Acts 4:27, as an accomplishment of the prophecy in the second psalm. Luke 23:22. He said to them the third t...
AND TOOK JESUS BEFORE PILATE. See notes on Matthew 27:11-35; John 18:28_ to_ John 19:16. Matthew says they put Jesus in chains and took him. TELLING THEM NOT TO PAY TAXES TO THE EMPEROR. This was fals...
_When Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad_ DIVINE RESERVE; OR, CHRISTIANITY IN RELATION TO OUR MENTAL MOODS I. THAT ALL SUBJECTS REVEAL THEMSELVES ACCORDING TO THE MENTAL MOOD IN WHICH THEY ARE EX...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 23:11 Herod and his soldiers dressed Jesus in SPLENDID CLOTHING (compare Mark 15:17) to mock his claim to kingship....
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 23:6 This account is found only in Luke 1:1 (compare Acts 4:27). Both Pilate and Herod Antipas found Jesus innocent ...
CHAPTER 23 VER. 39. _And one of the malefactors which were hanged_ (this one, according to tradition, hung on the left hand of Christ) _railed_ _on Him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 23:1. WHOLE MULTITUDE.—Rather, “company” (R.V.). The word is a different one from that so often used to denote “the crowd,” or “the mob.” It here simply means the members of the...
EXPOSITION LUKE 23:1 _The trial before Pilate_:_ First examination._ LUKE 23:1 AND THE WHOLE MULTITUDE OF THEM AROSE, AND LED HIM UNTO PILATE. The Sanhedrin had now formally condemned Jesus to dea...
And the whole multitude of them arose, and they led him unto Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and sayi...
Acts 4:27; Acts 4:28; Isaiah 49:7; Isaiah 53:3; John 19:5;...
Gorgeous [λ α μ π ρ α ν]. Lit., bright or brilliant. Compare Acts 10:30; Revelation 14:6. Wyc. and Tynd., white. Mark has purple (porfuran), and Matthew scarlet [κ ο κ κ ι ν η ν]. Apparel [ε δ θ η τ...
THE SUFFERING CHRIST Luke 23:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When Christ came down to this earth; He who was holy, who knew no sin, suffered all the sorrows that sin brought into a world of shame and of wick...