Luke 23:2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man inciting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.”

Cross References

1 Kings 18:17

When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is it you, you troubler of Israel?”

Psalm 35:11

Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me about things I do not know.

Psalm 62:4

Their only plan is to bring down a person of prominence. They take pleasure in falsehood; they bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. Selah

Jeremiah 20:10

For I hear many whispering: “Terror is all around! Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” All my close friends are watching for me to stumble. “Perhaps he can be enticed, and we can prevail against him and take our revenge on him.”

Jeremiah 38:4

Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to be put to death because he is discouraging the soldiers who are left in this city and all the people by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the welfare of this people, but their harm.”

Amos 7:10

Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the very center of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words.

Zechariah 11:8

In one month I disposed of the three shepherds, for I had become impatient with them, and they also detested me.

Matthew 17:27

However, so that we do not give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook; take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a coin; take that and give it to them for you and me.”

Matthew 22:21

They answered, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.”

Matthew 27:11

Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus said, “You say so.”

Mark 12:17

Jesus said to them, “Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.” And they were utterly amazed at him.

Mark 15:2

Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “You say so.”

Luke 23:14

and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people, and here I have examined him in your presence and have not found this man guilty of any of your charges against him.

Luke 23:5

But they were insistent and said, “He stirs up the people by teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where he began even to this place.”

John 18:29

So Pilate went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?”

John 18:30

They answered, “If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.”

John 19:12

From then on Pilate tried to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Everyone who claims to be a king sets himself against Caesar.”

Acts 24:13

Neither can they prove to you the charge that they now bring against me.

Acts 24:5

We have, in fact, found this man a pestilent fellow, an agitator among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

Romans 13:7

Pay to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.