Luke 23:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² and began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this one perverting the nation, and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Messiah, a Sovereign.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And they began to accuse Him, asserting, We found this Man perverting (misleading, corrupting, and turning away) our nation and forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One), a King!

American Standard Version (1901)

² And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, and saying that he himself is Christ a king.

Common English Bible

² began to accuse him. They said, “We have found this man misleading our people, opposing the payment of taxes to Caesar, and claiming that he is the Christ, a king.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Then they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this one subverting our nation, and prohibiting giving tribute to Caesar, and saying that he is Christ the king."

Luke 23:2 Cross References

1 Kings 18:17

And it came to be, when Aḥ

Psalm 35:11

Ruthless witnesses rise up; They ask me that which I knew not.

Psalm 62:4

They plotted to topple him from his high position; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, But in their heart they curse. Selah.

Jeremiah 20:10

For I heard many mocking, “Fear on every side!” “Expose,” they say, “yea, let us expose him!” All my friends watched for my stumbling, saying, “He might be lured away, so that we prevail against him, and take our revenge on him.”

Jeremiah 38:4

Then the heads said to the sovereign, “Please, let this man be put to death, because he is weakening the hands of the men of battle who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man does not seek the peace of this people, but the evil.”

Amos 7:10

Then Amatsyah the priest of Bĕ

Zechariah 11:8

Then I sent off the three shepherds in one month, for my being despised them, and their being also loathed me.

Matthew 17:27

“But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you have opened its mouth, you shall find a piece of money. Take that and give it to them for Me and you.”

Matthew 22:21

They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” And He said to them, “Then give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to Elohim what is Elohim’s.”

Matthew 27:11

And יהושע  stood before the governor, and the governor asked Him, saying, “Are You the Sovereign of the Yehuḏ

Mark 12:17

So יהושע  said to them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to Elohim what is Elohim’s.” And they marvelled at Him.

Mark 15:2

And Pilate asked Him, “Are You the Sovereign of the Yehuḏ

Luke 23:14

said to them, “You brought this Man to me, as one who turns away the people. And look, I have examined Him in your presence and have found no guilt in this Man regarding the charges which you make against Him,

Luke 23:5

But they were insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching through all Yehuḏ

John 18:29

Pilate, therefore, came out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this Man?”

John 18:30

They answered and said to him, “If He were not an evil-doer, we would not have delivered Him up to you.”

John 19:12

From then on Pilate was seeking to release Him, but the Yehuḏ

Acts 24:13

“Nor are they able to prove the charges of which they now accuse me.

Acts 24:5

“For having found this man a plague, who stirs up dissension among all the Yehuḏ

Romans 13:7

Render therefore to all what is due to them: tax to whom tax is due, toll to whom toll, fear to whom fear, respect to whom respect.