Luke 23:2 Cross References - Moffatt

² They proceeded to accuse him, saying, "We have discovered this fellow perverting our nation, forbidding tribute being paid to Caesar, and alleging he is king messiah."

²⁷ However, not to give any offence to them, go to the sea, throw a hook in, and take the first fish you bring up. Open its mouth and you will find a five-shilling piece; take that and give it to them for me and for yourself."

²¹ "Caesar's," they said. Then he told them, "Give Caesar what belongs to Caesar, give God what belongs to God."

⁵⁹ Now the high priests and the whole of the Sanhedrin tried to secure false evidence against Jesus, in order to have him put to death; ⁶⁰ but they could find none, although a number of false witnesses came forward. However, two men came forward at last

¹⁷ Jesus said to them, "Give Caesar what belongs to Caesar, give God what belongs to God." He astonished them.

⁵⁵ Now the high priests and the whole of the Sanhedrin tried to secure evidence against Jesus, in order to have him put to death; but they could find none, ⁵⁶ for while many bore false witness against him their evidence did not agree.

⁶¹ He said nothing and made no answer. Again the high priest put a question to him. "Are you the Christ?" he said, "the Son of the Blessed?" ⁶² Jesus said, "I am. And, what is more, you will all see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven."

³ Then the high priest brought many accusations against him, ⁴ and once more Pilate asked him, "Have you no reply to make? Look at all their charges against you." ⁵ But, to the astonishment of Pilate, Jesus answered no more.

²⁰ So watching their chance they sent spies who pretended to be honest persons, in order to seize on what he said and get him handed over to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. ²¹ They put this question to him, "Teacher, we know you are straight in what you say and teach, you do not look to human favour but teach the Way of God honestly. ²² Is it right for us to pay tribute to Caesar or not?" ²³ But he noted their knavery and said to them, ²⁴ "Show me a shilling. Whose likeness and inscription does it bear?" "Caesar's," they replied. ²⁵ "Well then," he said to them, "give Caesar what belongs to Caesar, give God what belongs to God."

⁶⁹ But after this the Son of man will be seated at God's right hand of power." ⁷⁰ "Are you the Son of God then?" they all said. "Certainly," he replied, "I am."

⁵ But they insisted, "He stirs up the people by teaching all over Judaea. He started from Galilee and now he is here."

¹⁴ Pilate said to them, "You brought me this man as being an inciter to rebellion among the people. I have examined him before you and found nothing criminal about him, for all your accusations against him.

³⁰ They retorted, "If he had not been a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you."

³³ So Pilate went back inside the praetorium and called Jesus, saying, "Then you are king of the Jews?" ³⁴ Jesus replied, "Are you saying this of your own accord, or did other people tell you about me?" ³⁵ "Am I a Jew?" said Pilate. "Your own nation and the high priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?" ³⁶ Jesus replied, "My realm does not belong to this world; if my realm did belong to this world, my men would have fought to prevent me being handed over to the Jews. No, my realm lies elsewhere." ³⁷ "So you are a king?" said Pilate, "you!" "Certainly," said Jesus, "I am a king. This is why I was born, this is why I came into the world, to bear testimony to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."

¹² This made Pilate anxious to release him, but the Jews yelled, "If you release him, you are no friend of Caesar's! Anyone who makes himself a king is against Caesar!"

²⁰ Bringing them before the praetors they declared, "These fellows are Jews who are making an agitation in our town; ²¹ they are proclaiming customs which as Romans we are not allowed to accept or observe!"

⁶ but as they failed to find Paul and Silas they haled Jason and some of the brothers before the politarchs, yelling, "These upsetters of the whole world have come here too! ⁷ Jason has welcomed them! They all violate the decrees of Caesar by declaring someone else called Jesus is king."

⁵ The fact is, we have found this man is a perfect pest; he stirs up sedition among the Jews all over the world and he is a ringleader of the Nazarene sect.

¹³ they cannot furnish you with any proof of their present charges against me.

¹⁶ see that you have a clean conscience, so that, for all their slander of you, these libellers of your good Christian behaviour may be ashamed. ¹⁷ For it is better to suffer for doing right (if that should be the will of God) than for doing wrong. ¹⁸ Christ himself died for sins, once for all, a just man for unjust men, that he might bring us near to God; in the flesh he was put to death but he came to life in the Spirit.