Luke 23:3

3 Pilatus autem interrogavit eum dicens tu es rex Iudaeorum at ille respondens ait tu dicis

Luke 23:3 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 23:3

And Pilate asked him, saying
Observing that it was said, he had given himself out to be a king; for as for what regarded religion, he took no notice of it; he put this question to him,

art thou the King of the Jews?
that their prophecies speak of, and they have expected;

and he answered him and said, thou sayest it;
that is, thou sayest well; it is as thou sayest, I am the King of the Jews; (See Gill on Matthew 27:11) though he did not leave this without an explanation; without informing him what sort of a king he was, and what kind of a kingdom he had; see ( John 18:36 John 18:37 ) which made Pilate perfectly easy, and desirous to release him, as appears by what follows.

Luke 23:3 In-Context

1 et surgens omnis multitudo eorum duxerunt illum ad Pilatum

2 coeperunt autem accusare illum dicentes hunc invenimus subvertentem gentem nostram et prohibentem tributa dari Caesari et dicentem se Christum regem esse

3 Pilatus autem interrogavit eum dicens tu es rex Iudaeorum at ille respondens ait tu dicis

4 ait autem Pilatus ad principes sacerdotum et turbas nihil invenio causae in hoc homin

5 at illi invalescebant dicentes commovet populum docens per universam Iudaeam et incipiens a Galilaea usque huc