Luke 23:2

KJV

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.

— Luke 23:2, King James Version
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Study Note

The three-part accusation before Pilate — 'perverting the nation, forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King' — is a deliberately political reformulation of the religious charges brought by the Sanhedrin, designed to compel Roman action against Jesus. The accusation about tribute (23:2) is ironic: Jesus had explicitly answered the tribute question by rendering to Caesar and to God (Luke 20:25), so the charge is technically a false witness. The third charge — 'Christ a King' — contains truth misunderstood: Jesus is king, but not in the political-military sense the accusers imply. Luke's trial narrative throughout emphasizes Pilate's multiple declarations of innocence (23:4, 14, 22), making the Roman system an involuntary witness to Jesus's non-revolutionary kingship.

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ASV

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, and saying that he himself is Christ a king.

YLT

and began to accuse him, saying, `This one we found perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ a king.'

BBE

And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

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