Luc 23:6

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

Luc 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,

Luc 23:6 In-Context

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.

7 Et ayant appris qu'il était de la juridiction d'Hérode, il le renvoya à Hérode, qui était aussi à Jérusalem en ces jours-là.

8 Quand Hérode vit Jésus, il en eut une grande joie; car il y avait longtemps qu'il souhaitait de le voir, parce qu'il avait entendu dire beaucoup de choses de lui; et il espérait qu'il lui verrait faire quelque miracle.