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Luke 23:6

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When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilæan.
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  1. Acts 5:37Rank 1 from verse 6
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    37After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.

  2. Luke 13:1Rank 2 from verse 6
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    1THERE were present at that season some that told him of the Galilæans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

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Luke 23:6

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heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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23:1AND the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.

23:2And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.

23:3And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.

23:4Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.

23:5And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.

23:6When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilæan.

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23:7And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.

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