Luke 23:6 - Plain English Version

⁶ When Pilate heard them say that, he asked them, “Is he from Galilee country?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilæan.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Upon hearing this, Pilate asked whether the Man was a Galilean.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ But when Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man were a Galilæan.

Common English Bible

⁶ Hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ But Pilate, upon hearing Galilee, asked if the man were of Galilee.

Luke 23:6 Cross References

Luke 13:1

About that time, some men from Galilee country were killing some animals to give them to God, but then Pilate, the big boss, went with his soldiers and killed those men. Then some people went and told Jesus what happened.

Luke 23:5

The Jewish leaders kept on blaming Jesus. They told Pilate, “He gets people everywhere to go wild. He started to do that in Galilee country, then in Judea country, and now he is doing it here in Jerusalem.”

Luke 23:7

They said, “Yes, he is from Galilee.” The big boss over Galilee was called Herod, and he was visiting Jerusalem right at that time. So Pilate sent Jesus to him, to let Herod be his judge.

Acts 5:37

After that, at the time when the Romans were counting our people, there was another man, called Judas. He was from Galilee country. He led a mob of men to fight the Romans, but the Romans killed him too, and chased all his followers away.