4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.
4 Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."
4 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no guilt in this man.
4 Pilate told the high priests and the accompanying crowd, "I find nothing wrong here. He seems harmless enough to me.
4 So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, "I find no fault in this Man.
4 Pilate turned to the leading priests and to the crowd and said, "I find nothing wrong with this man!"
5 And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
5 But they insisted, "He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here."
5 But they were urgent, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place."
5 But they were vehement. "He's stirring up unrest among the people with his teaching, disturbing the peace everywhere, starting in Galilee and now all through Judea. He's a dangerous man, endangering the peace."
5 But they were the more fierce, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place."
5 Then they became insistent. "But he is causing riots by his teaching wherever he goes-all over Judea, from Galilee to Jerusalem!"
(Read Luke 23:1-5)
Pilate well understood the difference between armed forces and our Lord's followers. But instead of being softened by Pilate's declaration of his innocence, and considering whether they were not bringing the guilt of innocent blood upon themselves, the Jews were the more angry. The Lord brings his designs to a glorious end, even by means of those who follow the devices of their own hearts. Thus all parties joined, so as to prove the innocence of Jesus, who was the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 23:4
Commentary on Luke 23:1-5
(Read Luke 23:1-5)
Pilate well understood the difference between armed forces and our Lord's followers. But instead of being softened by Pilate's declaration of his innocence, and considering whether they were not bringing the guilt of innocent blood upon themselves, the Jews were the more angry. The Lord brings his designs to a glorious end, even by means of those who follow the devices of their own hearts. Thus all parties joined, so as to prove the innocence of Jesus, who was the atoning sacrifice for our sins.