Luke 23:2
“And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow peruerting the nation, and forbidding to giue tribute to Cesar, saying, that he himselfe is Christ a king.”
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Luke 23:2 Context
1And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him vnto Pilate. 2And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow peruerting the nation, and forbidding to giue tribute to Cesar, saying, that he himselfe is Christ a king. 3And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the king of the Iewes? And he answered him, & said, Thou sayest it. 4Then saide Pilate to the chiefe Priests, and to the people, I finde no fault in this man.
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Other Translations for Luke 23:2
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this [fellow] perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
- King James Version
And they began to accuse Him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ a king.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.
- Basic English Bible
And they began to accuse him, saying, We have found this [man] perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king.
- Darby Bible
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, saying, that he himself is Christ a king.
- Webster's Bible
We have found this man, they said, "an agitator among our nation, forbidding the payment of tribute to Caesar, and claiming to be himself an anointed king."
- Weymouth Bible
They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."
- World English Bible
And thei bigunnen to accuse hym, and seiden, We han foundun this turnynge vpsodoun oure folk, and forbedynge tributis to be youun to the emperour, and seiynge that hym silf is Crist and kyng.
- Wycliffe Bible
and began to accuse him, saying, `This one we found perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ a king.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Luke 23:2
Lu 23:2 Forbidding to give tribute to Caesar. This was utterly false (Mt 22:21). That he himself is Christ a king. This was true, but not in the sense they made the charge. He did not claim to be an earthly king.