Luc 23:4

4 Pilate dit aux principaux sacrificateurs et à la foule: Je ne trouve rien de coupable en cet homme.

Luc 23:4 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 23:4

Then said Pilate to the Chief priests, and to the people,
&c.] Both to the sanhedrim, and to the mob that were gathered together about the governor's palace on this occasion; and who were standing without the judgment hall, into which they would not enter, lest they should be defiled, and be unfit to eat the passover: wherefore Pilate came out to them; and this was the second time of his coming out to them, when he said the following words, ( John 18:28 John 18:38 ) .

I find no fault in this man;
no cause, or reason, why any punishment should be inflicted on him, and especially he be put to death; no crime that can be fastened on him, or accusation proved against him, or any thing that amounts to a charge of sedition: the man is an harmless and innocent man, that has done nothing against Caesar, or the government, and good of the nation; and therefore is not worthy of death, or of stripes, but should be discharged. This was Pilate's sense.

Luc 23:4 In-Context

2 Ils se mirent à l'accuser, disant: Nous avons trouvé cet homme excitant notre nation à la révolte, empêchant de payer le tribut à César, et se disant lui-même Christ, roi.

3 Pilate l'interrogea, en ces termes: Es-tu le roi des Juifs? Jésus lui répondit: Tu le dis.

4 Pilate dit aux principaux sacrificateurs et à la foule: Je ne trouve rien de coupable en cet homme.

5 Mais ils insistèrent, et dirent: Il soulève le peuple, en enseignant par toute la Judée, depuis la Galilée, où il a commencé, jusqu'ici.

6 Quand Pilate entendit parler de la Galilée, il demanda si cet homme était Galiléen;