Meanwhile, the leading priests and the teachers of religious law stood there shouting their accusations.
Parallel translations
- WEB The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.
- KJV And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.
- BSB Meanwhile, the chief priests and scribes stood there, vehemently accusing Him.
- NKJV And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused Him.
- NASB Now the chief priests and the scribes stood there, vehemently charging Him.
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Quick answer
The chief priests and scribes stood before Herod loudly accusing Jesus. Their relentless hostility shows the depth of opposition He faced even while standing innocent.
Overview
During Pilate's referral of Jesus to Herod Antipas, the religious leaders pressed their charges with vehemence. Their persistent accusation contrasts sharply with Jesus' silence and innocence. Luke highlights how the very guardians of God's law became the chief persecutors of God's Son, fulfilling the pattern that the Messiah would be despised and rejected (Isaiah 53:3).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Luke 23:2They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”
- Acts 24:5For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
- Luke 11:53As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him;
- Luke 23:5But they insisted, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.”
- Luke 23:14–15and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.
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