Luke 23


Luke 23 is the twenty-third chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this Gospel as well as the Acts of the Apostles. This chapter records the trial of Jesus Christ before Pontius Pilate, Jesus' meeting with Herod Antipas, and his crucifixion, death and burial.

Text

The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 56 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:
; Church of Jesus, Genoa

Old Testament references

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Verse 3 in Greek

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Verse 3 in Latin

The style of response is the same as in Luke 22:70, where Jesus answers the Sanhedrin's question, "Are you the Son of God?"

Verse 29

The prophet Hosea spoke in similar language, when recognising that the disobedience of Israel required God's punishment, but calling for some mitigation:

Verse 49

"The women" that followed Jesus from Galilee were "Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them" according to. lists "Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee", whereas names "Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the little and Joses, and Salome".

Verse 55

According to, "the women" were "Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them". lists "Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary", whereas names "Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Joses".