King James Version
Luke 23:5 in the King James Version says “And they were the more fierce, saying , He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee...” — study this verse from Luke chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And they were the more fierce, saying , He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.”
Luke 23:5 · KJV
And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.
Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.
And they were the more fierce, saying , He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.
And 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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“they were the more fierce”
G2001to avail further, i.e., (figuratively) insist stoutly
“saying”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“the people”
G2992a people (in general; thus differing from g1218, which denotes one's own populace)
“throughout”
G2596(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
“all”
G3650"whole" or "all", i.e., complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb
“from”
G575"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
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