And when[a] Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see some miracle performed by him. So he questioned him at considerable length,[b] but he answered nothing to him. 10 And the chief priests and the scribes were standing there vehemently accusing him.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 23:8 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Luke 23:9 Literally “with many words”

When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see him.(A) From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform a sign of some sort. He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer.(B) 10 The chief priests and the teachers of the law were standing there, vehemently accusing him.

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Herod was delighted at the opportunity to see Jesus, because he had heard about him and had been hoping for a long time to see him perform a miracle. He asked Jesus question after question, but Jesus refused to answer. 10 Meanwhile, the leading priests and the teachers of religious law stood there shouting their accusations.

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