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But they were the more fierce, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place.”
Luke 23:5 · New King James Version
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  • WEB But they insisted, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.”
  • KJV And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
  • BSB But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”
  • NASB But they kept on insisting, saying, “He is stirring up the people, teaching all over Judea, starting from Galilee, as far as this place!”
  • NLT Then they became insistent. “But he is causing riots by his teaching wherever he goes—all over Judea, from Galilee to Jerusalem!”

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Quick answer

The accusers insist that Jesus stirs up the people throughout Judea, from Galilee onward. They press their charge of sedition.

Overview

Unsatisfied, the leaders intensify their accusation, claiming Jesus incites unrest across the land. Their mention of Galilee gives Pilate an opening to involve Herod. The persistence of false charges shows their determination to secure His death despite His innocence.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 21

  • John 2:11This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
  • Mark 1:14Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of God’s Kingdom,
  • John 1:43On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.”
  • Matt 4:23Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
  • Matt 4:12–16Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.
  • 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;
  • Matt 27:24So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”
  • Ps 22:16For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
  • John 7:41Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
  • Acts 7:57But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.
  • Ps 69:4Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.
  • Luke 23:23But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.
  • Luke 4:14–15Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and news about him spread through all the surrounding area.
  • Acts 7:54Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
  • Acts 10:37you yourselves know what happened, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
  • John 19:15They cried out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”
  • Ps 57:4My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
  • John 7:52They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”
  • Acts 5:33But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and were determined to kill them.
  • Acts 23:10When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.
  • Ps 22:12–13Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

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Christ at the center

Luke shows Jesus the Savior for all — outsiders, the poor, the nations — the one who, on the Emmaus road, opened all the Scriptures to show they were about himself.

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