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Green's Literal Translation

Luke 23:12

And on that same day, both Pilate and Herod became friends with each other, for before they were at enmity between themselves.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Herod;   Jesus, the Christ;   Reconciliation;   Rulers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Pilate, Pontius;   Pontius Pilate;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophecies Respecting Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Herod;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Galilee;   Herod;   Pilate;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Exhortation;   Humiliation of Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Herod;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Herod's Palace;   Luke, Gospel of;   Trial of Jesus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gospels, Apocryphal;   Pilate;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Herod;   Herod ;   Mockery;   Nation (2);   Pilate Pontius;   Trial of Jesus;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Herod, Family of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Enmity;   Herod;   Jesus Christ, the Arrest and Trial of;   Pilate, Pontius;  

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
Now Pilate and Herod had never got along, but they became friends that day.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now Herod and Pilate became friends with one another that very day; for before they had been enemies with each other.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now Herod and Pilate became friends with one another that very day; for before they had been enemies with each other.
Bible in Basic English
And that day Herod and Pilate became friends with one another, for before they had been against one another.
Darby Translation
And Pilate and Herod became friends with one another the same day, for they had been at enmity before between themselves.
New King James Version
That very day Pilate and Herod became friends with each other, for previously they had been at enmity with each other.
Christian Standard Bible®
That very day Herod and Pilate became friends. Previously, they had been hostile toward each other.
World English Bible
Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before that they were enemies with each other.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
Weymouth's New Testament
And on that very day Herod and Pilate became friends again, for they had been for some time at enmity.
King James Version (1611)
And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together; for before, they were at enmitie betweene themselues.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Vpo ye same daye were Pilate and Herode made frendes together, for afore they had bene at variaunce.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and from that day the enmity that had been between Pilate and Herod ended in friendship.
Amplified Bible
Now that very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other—before this they had been enemies.
American Standard Version
And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
Revised Standard Version
And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been at enmity with each other.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And the same daye Pylate and Herod were made frendes togeder. For before they were at variaunce.
Update Bible Version
And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together; for before they were at enmity between themselves.
New Century Version
In the past, Pilate and Herod had always been enemies, but on that day they became friends.
New English Translation
That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other, for prior to this they had been enemies.
Contemporary English Version
That same day Herod and Pilate became friends, even though they had been enemies before this.
Complete Jewish Bible
That day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other; previously they had been enemies.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were enemies one to another.
George Lamsa Translation
And that day Pilate and Herod became friends with each other; for there was a longstanding enmity between them.
Hebrew Names Version
Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before that they were enemies with each other.
International Standard Version
So Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day. Before this they had been enemies.Acts 4:27;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And in that day Pilatos and Herodes were friends with each other; for before there had been enmity between them.
Murdock Translation
And on that day, Pilate and Herod became friends to each other; for there had previously been enmity between them.
New Living Translation
(Herod and Pilate, who had been enemies before, became friends that day.)
New Life Bible
That day Pilate and Herod became friends. Before that they had worked against each other.
English Revised Version
And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
Berean Standard Bible
That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.
New Revised Standard
That same day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other; before this they had been enemies.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they became friends - both Herod and Pilate - on the self-same day, one with another; for they had previously been at enmity between themselves.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Herod and Pilate were made friends, that same day: for before they were enemies one to another.
King James Version
And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
Lexham English Bible
And both Herod and Pilate became friends with one another on that same day, for they had previously been enemies of one another.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the same day Pilate and Herode were made friendes together: For before they were at variaunce.
Easy-to-Read Version
In the past Pilate and Herod had always been enemies. But on that day they became friends.
English Standard Version
And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been at enmity with each other.
New American Standard Bible
And so Herod and Pilate became friends with one another that very day; for previously, they had been enemies toward each other.
Good News Translation
On that very day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this they had been enemies.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Eroude and Pilat weren maad freendis fro that dai; for bifor thei weren enemyes togidre.
Young's Literal Translation
and both Pilate and Herod became friends on that day with one another, for they were before at enmity between themselves.

Contextual Overview

1 And rising up, all the multitude of them led Him before Pilate. 2 And they began to accuse Him, saying, We found this One perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying Himself to be a king, Christ. 3 And Pilate questioned Him, saying, Are you the king of the Jews? And answering, him, He said, You say it . 4 And Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, I find nothing blameable in this man. 5 But they insisted, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to here. 6 And hearing Galilee, Pilate asked if the man is a Galilean. 7 And knowing that He is from Herod's jurisdiction, he sent Him up to Herod, he also being in Jerusalem in these days. 8 And seeing Jesus, Herod greatly rejoiced, for he was wishing to see Him for a long time, because of hearing many things about Him. And he hoped to see some miraculous sign being brought about by Him. 9 And he questioned Him in many words. But He answered him not a thing. 10 And the chief priests and the scribes stood fiercely accusing Him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 83:4-6, Acts 4:27, Matthew 16:1, Revelation 17:13, Revelation 17:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 38:20 - his friend Psalms 2:2 - kings

Cross-References

Genesis 18:2
And he lifted up his eyes and looked; and, behold, three men were standing by him. And he saw, and he ran to meet them from the entrance of the tent. And he bowed to the ground.
Genesis 19:1
And the two angels came into Sodom at evening. And Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw, and he rose up to meet them and bowed his face to the earth.
Genesis 23:7
And Abraham rose up and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together,.... For it pleased Herod, that Pilate should show such a regard to his authority and power, as to send one that belonged to his jurisdiction to take cognizance of his case; and especially as it was a person that was much talked of, and he had long wanted to see; and Pilate, on the other hand, was pleased with Herod, that though he was one that was under his jurisdiction, and so had a right of trying the cause, and either absolve or condemn, yet chose not to use this his power, but referred the case to the Roman governor:

for before they were at enmity between themselves; it may be on account of the Galilaeans, the subjects of Herod, whom Pilate had slain, whilst they were sacrificing at Jerusalem, Luke 13:1, which Herod might resent, as an infringement upon his authority and power; for had they been ever so deserving of punishment, it ought to have been left to him, to have inflicted it, and not the governor of Judea, who had nothing to do with them: but now matters were made up by this step of Pilate's, in sending Christ to him, supposed to be a Galilean, and so of Herod's jurisdiction; which was tacitly acknowledging his former conduct to be wrong, and showed a regard to Herod's authority: and thus they were reconciled together, and agreed in their contemptuous usage, and ill-treatment of Christ, and so fulfilled Psalms 2:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Made friends together ... - What had been the cause of their quarrel is unknown. It is commonly supposed that it was Pilate’s slaying the Galileans in Jerusalem, as related in Luke 13:1-2. The occasion of their reconciliation seems to have been the civility and respect which Pilate showed to Herod in this case. It was not because they were united in “hating” Jesus, as is often the case with wicked people, for Pilate was certainly desirous of releasing him, and “both” considered him merely as an object of ridicule and sport. It is true, however, that wicked people, at variance in other things, are often united in opposing and ridiculing Christ and his followers; and that enmities of long standing are sometimes made up, and the most opposite characters brought together, simply to oppose religion. Compare Psalms 83:5-7.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 23:12. Pilate and Herod were made friends — I do not find any account of the cause of the enmity which subsisted between Herod and Pilate given by ancient authors; and the conjectures of the moderns on the subject should be considered as mere guesses. It is generally supposed that this enmity arose from what is related Luke 13:0, of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate hath mingled with that of their sacrifices. These were Herod's subjects, and Pilate seems to have fallen on them at the time they were offering sacrifices to God at the temple. Wicked men cannot love one another: this belongs to the disciples of Christ. But when Christ, his truth, or his followers are to be persecuted, for this purpose the wicked unite their counsels and their influence. The Moabites and Ammonites, who were enemies among themselves, united against poor Israel, and, as Rabbi Tanchum says, may be likened to two contending dogs, who, when the wolf comes, join together to destroy him; each knowing that, if he do not, the wolf will kill both in succession: whereas, by their union, they may now kill or baffle him. There is a proverb among the rabbins, that, when the cat and weasel marry together, misery becomes increased.


 
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