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NASB | Luke 23:12 Now Herod and Pilate became friends with one another that very day; for before they had been enemies with each other. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 23:12 Now that very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other--before this they had been enemies. |
Subject: Why were Pilate and Herod enemies? |
Bible Note: Thanks EdB - this background sure gives me much to think about. As I consider what you have written, it is evident that both sought to serve self. Once enemies of one another, they became enemies of Christ in their unholy alliegence to self. Do we see such allies today?(Also, was this the same Herod who was rebuked by John the Baptist? If so, I suspect that his rejection was even more significant than Pilate's yet both had the same result. Also it is interesting to note that Pilate's wife warned him about Jesus, why would this be recorded if it wasn't important for us to think upon . . . ) More importantly, one was a Jew and the other was a Gentile - is this not how mankind is divided? Yet BOTH are guilty of the rejection of Jesus. There is none righteous . . . no one, not even those chosen by God to bear His witness to the world, seeks God. Blessings, mommapbs |