Luc 23:4

4 Et Pilate dit aux principaux sacrificateurs et au peuple: Je ne trouve aucun crime 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 Et ils se mirent à l'accuser, en disant: Nous avons trouvé cet homme séduisant la nation et défendant de donner le tribut à César, et se disant le Christ, le roi.

3 Alors Pilate l'interrogea et lui dit: Es-tu le roi des Juifs? Et Jésus lui répondit: Tu le dis.

4 Et Pilate dit aux principaux sacrificateurs et au peuple: Je ne trouve aucun crime en cet homme

5 Mais ils insistaient, en disant: Il soulève le peuple, enseignant par toute la Judée, ayant commencé depuis la Galilée, jusqu'ici.

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