Luke 23:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man were a Galilean.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilæan.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Upon hearing this, Pilate asked whether the Man was a Galilean.

American Standard Version (1901)

But when Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man were a Galilæan.

Common English Bible

Hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But Pilate, upon hearing Galilee, asked if the man were of Galilee.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But Pilate hearing Galilee, asked if the man were of Galilee?

Luke 23:6 Cross References

Matthew 26:69

Now Peter was sitting outside in a courtyard and a servant-girl approached him and said, “You also were with Jesus, the Galilean.”

Luke 13:1

Now there were some there at that very time who told Jesus about some people from Galilee whose blood Pilate [the Roman governor] had mixed with their sacrifices [i.e., he had them murdered while they were offering their sacrifices].

Luke 23:5

But the group became more insistent, saying, “He is stirring up the people and teaching [these things] throughout all Judea. He began [doing this] in Galilee and [has continued it] even to this place [i.e., Jerusalem].”

Luke 23:7

And when he realized that Jesus was under Herod’s [political] jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.

Acts 5:37

Later on another man, named Judas of Galilee, appeared during the census [Note: The time and circumstances of this census were probably known to the original readers], and led [a group of] people away after him, but he also was killed and all of his followers were scattered.