Luke 23:13

13 Pilate called the people together with the leading priests and the Jewish leaders.

Luke 23:13 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 23:13

And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests,
&c.] That is, after Herod had sent back Christ unto him, he then summoned the chief priests together, to consider what should be done to him: and with them also, the rulers and the people;
both the civil and ecclesiastical rulers, and the chief among the people, who had been forward in accusing Jesus, and seeking his death: the latter of these is not read in the Persic version; and both are joined together in the Syriac and Ethiopic versions, and read thus; by the former, "the princes, or chiefs of the people": and by the latter, "the judges of the people": in a word, he convened the whole sanhedrim, which consisted of the chief priests, Scribes, and elders of the people.

Luke 23:13 In-Context

11 After Herod and his soldiers had made fun of Jesus, they dressed him in a kingly robe and sent him back to Pilate.

12 In the past, Pilate and Herod had always been enemies, but on that day they became friends.

13 Pilate called the people together with the leading priests and the Jewish leaders.

14 He said to them, "You brought this man to me, saying he makes trouble among the people. But I have questioned him before you all, and I have not found him guilty of what you say

15 Also, Herod found nothing wrong with him; he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing for which he should die.