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They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."
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Calculated, Political Lies
Commentators stress that the charges against Jesus were cunningly fabricated for a Roman court. The Sanhedrin accused him of sedition and forbidding taxes to Caesar—a direct lie, as Jesus had taught the opposite (Luke 20:25). They twisted his spiritual kingship into a political threat, demonstrating their willingness to use falsehood to secure his death.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Regarding the phrase This fellow, the word fellow is not in the original text. It conveys a sense of contempt, which they undoubt…
Began to accuse (ηρξαντο κατηγορειν). They went at it and kept it up. Luke mentions three, but neither of them includes their real…
19th Century
Anglican
Perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute . . .—Saint Luke’s report of the accusation is more definite than t…
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Baptist
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he hims…
Verse 1 links the Jewish and Roman trials. The “whole assembly” is the Sanhedrin. Pilate was Roman governor (procurator) of the province of Judah. …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they began to accuse him After they found that Pilate would not receive him as a malefactor upon their word, and…
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