Luke 23:12

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That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other, for prior to this they had been enemies.

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  • Acts 4:27 : 27 “For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,
  • Rev 17:13-14 : 13 These kings have a single intent, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. 14 They will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those accompanying the Lamb are the called, chosen, and faithful.”
  • Ps 83:4-6 : 4 They say,“Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.” 5 Yes, they devise a unified strategy; they form an alliance against you. 6 It includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
  • Matt 16:1 : 1 The Demand for a Sign Now when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

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    6Jesus Brought Before Herod Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

    7When he learned that he was from Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who also happened to be in Jerusalem at that time.

    8When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see him perform some miraculous sign.

    9So Herod questioned him at considerable length; Jesus gave him no answer.

    10The chief priests and the experts in the law were there, vehemently accusing him.

    11Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, dressing him in elegant clothes, Herod sent him back to Pilate.

  • Luke 23:13-15
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    13Jesus Brought Before the Crowd Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people,

    14and said to them,“You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing.

    15Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing deserving death.

  • Acts 12:20-21
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    20Now Herod was having an angry quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they joined together and presented themselves before him. And after convincing Blastus, the king’s personal assistant, to help them, they asked for peace, because their country’s food supply was provided by the king’s country.

    21On a day determined in advance, Herod put on his royal robes, sat down on the judgment seat, and made a speech to them.

  • Acts 4:26-27
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    26The kings of the earth stood together, and the rulers assembled together, against the Lord and against his Christ.’

    27“For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

  • John 19:12-14
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    12From this point on, Pilate tried to release him. But the Jewish leaders shouted out,“If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar! Everyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar!”

    13When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat in the place called“The Stone Pavement”(Gabbatha in Aramaic).

    14(Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon.) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders,“Look, here is your king!”

  • Luke 23:23-25
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    23But they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts that he be crucified. And their shouts prevailed.

    24So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.

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    6So the Pharisees went out immediately and began plotting with the Herodians, as to how they could assassinate him.

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    2They began to accuse him, saying,“We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king.”

  • Acts 12:1
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  • Luke 23:19-20
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    20Pilate addressed them once again because he wanted to release Jesus.

  • Matt 27:2
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    2They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.

  • Mark 6:20-21
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    21But a suitable day came, when Herod gave a banquet on his birthday for his court officials, military commanders, and leaders of Galilee.

  • Matt 27:62
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  • Luke 13:31
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  • Mark 12:13
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    13Paying Taxes to Caesar Then they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to trap him with his own words.

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    35he said,“I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive too.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s palace.

  • Luke 22:5
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    5They were delighted and arranged to give him money.

  • Mark 15:1
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  • Matt 27:18
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  • Mark 15:10-12
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    10(For he knew that the chief priests had handed him over because of envy.)

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  • Matt 27:23
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    23He asked,“Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently,“Crucify him!”

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    20and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

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    53So from that day they planned together to kill him.

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    3For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

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    18They began to salute him:“Hail, king of the Jews!”