Luke 23:4

Then ¹  Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for an accusation ²  against this man.”

Mt 27:19,24; Mr 15:14; Lu 23:14,15; Joh 18:38; Joh 19:4-6; Heb 7:26; 1Pe 1:19; 1Pe 2:22; 1Pe 3:18

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

² tn Grk “find no cause.”

sn Pilate’s statement “I find no reason for an accusation” is the first of several remarks in Luke 23 that Jesus is innocent or of efforts to release him (vv. 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 22).