Luca 23:6

6 Quando Pilato udì questo, domandò se quell’uomo fosse Galileo.

Luca 23:6 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 23:6

When Pilate heard of Galilee
"The name of Galilee", as the Syriac and Persic versions read when that was mentioned, he asked;
the Ethiopic version says, the "Galilaeans"; some of which might be present, being come to the feast of the passover, and were very proper persons to inquire of: whether the man were a Galilean;
so Jesus was reputed to be: for though he was born at Bethlehem of Judah, he was brought up at Nazareth in Galilee, where he spent the greater part of his private life, and his public ministry was chiefly exercised in those parts; hence the Jews thought, that he came out of Galilee, and was a Galilean, ( John 7:41 John 7:52 ) and so he used to be called by Julian the apostate; and it seems, that the answer returned to Pilate was, that he was a Galilean; and so the Persic version adds, and they said, yes; for it follows,

Luca 23:6 In-Context

4 E Pilato disse ai capi sacerdoti e alle turbe: Io non trovo colpa alcuna in quest’uomo

5 Ma essi insistevano, dicendo: Egli solleva il popolo insegnando per tutta la Giudea; ha cominciato dalla Galilea ed è giunto fin qui.

6 Quando Pilato udì questo, domandò se quell’uomo fosse Galileo.

7 E saputo ch’egli era della giurisdizione d’Erode, lo rimandò a Erode ch’era anch’egli a Gerusalemme in que’ giorni.

8 Erode, come vide Gesù, se ne rallegrò grandemente, perché da lungo tempo desiderava vederlo, avendo sentito parlar di lui; e sperava di vedergli fare qualche miracolo.