Luke 23:6-12

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Pilate Sends Jesus to Herod

⁶ Pilate heard this and asked if ·Jesus [^Lthe man] was ·from Galilee [a Galilean]. ⁷ ·Since [^LLearning that] Jesus was under Herod’s authority, Pilate sent Jesus to Herod [^CAntipas; see 3:1], who was in Jerusalem at that time. ⁸ When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, because he had heard about Jesus and had wanted to ·meet [^Lsee] him for a long time. He was hoping to see Jesus ·work a miracle [perform a sign]. ⁹ Herod asked Jesus many questions, but Jesus said nothing. ¹⁰ The ·leading [^Tchief] priests and ·teachers of the law [scribes] were standing there, ·strongly [vehemently; vigorously] accusing Jesus. ¹¹ After Herod and his soldiers had ·made fun of [ridiculed and mocked] Jesus, they dressed him in a ·kingly [elegant; splendid; ^Lbright] ·robe [clothing] and sent him back to Pilate. ¹² In the past, Pilate and Herod had always been enemies, but on that day they became friends.