Luke 23:7

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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.

Cross References

Luke 3:1

Now it was the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was ruler of Galilee, his brother Philip was ruler of the regions of Ituraea and Trachonitus [Note: These two men were sons of Herod the Great (See Matt. 2:1) and ruled over provinces east of the Jordan River] and Lysanias was ruler of Abilene [Note: This was a province just north of the two previously mentioned ones].

Luke 13:31

At that very time certain Pharisees came to Jesus saying, “Get out of here and go someplace else, for King Herod wants to kill you.”

Matthew 14:1

About that time Herod the tetrarch [Note: This man was the son of Herod the Great (See 2:1 and governor of that district] heard the report about what Jesus had been saying and doing.

Matthew 14:3

For Herod had arrested John and had him chained and put in prison in order to please Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.

Matthew 14:6

But when Herod’s birthday came, Herodias’ daughter [Note: According to Josephus, her name was Salome], pleased him by [her sensual] dancing in front of the party guests.

Mark 6:14

Now King Herod heard about this [i.e., what Jesus was doing] because His name had become well known. He said, “John the Immerser has risen from the dead and it is his powers that are at work in Jesus.”

Luke 9:7

Now when King Herod, the tetrarch [i.e., governor of that district] heard about all that was happening [concerning Jesus], he was perplexed because some people were saying that John [the Immerser] had risen from the dead;

Luke 23:6

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

Acts 4:27

For [truly] it was both Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, who gathered together in this city [of Jerusalem] against your Holy Servant Jesus