Luke 23:6
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But Pilate hearing Galilee, asked if the man were of Galilee?

a Galilean.

Luke 13:1 And there were present, at that very time, some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Acts 5:37 After this man, rose up Judas of Galilee, in the days of the enrolling, and drew away the people after him. He also perished: and all, even as many as consented to him, were dispersed.

Context
Jesus Before Herod
5But they were more earnest, saying: He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place. 6But Pilate hearing Galilee, asked if the man were of Galilee? 7And when he understood that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him away to Herod, who was also himself at Jerusalem in those days.…
Cross References
Matthew 26:69
But Peter sat without in the court. And there came to him a servant maid, saying: Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilean.

Luke 23:5
But they were more earnest, saying: He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place.

Luke 23:7
And when he understood that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him away to Herod, who was also himself at Jerusalem in those days.

Lexicon
When
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

Pilate
Πιλᾶτος (Pilatos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4091: Pilate. Of Latin origin; close-pressed, i.e. Firm; Pilatus, a Roman.

heard [this],
ἀκούσας (akousas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

he asked
ἐπηρώτησεν (epērōtēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1905: To interrogate, question, demand of. From epi and erotao; to ask for, i.e. Inquire, seek.

if
εἰ (ei)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

man
ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

was
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

a Galilean.
Γαλιλαῖός (Galilaios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1057: A Galilean, an inhabitant of Galilee. From Galilaia; Galilean or belonging to Galilea.


Additional Translations
When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

And Pilate having heard, asked whether the man is a Galilean,

When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.

But when Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.

But Pilate, having heard Galilee [named], demanded if the man were a Galilaean;

But when Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.

When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

On hearing this, Pilate inquired, "Is this man a Galilaean?"

But when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

And Pilate having heard of Galilee, questioned if the man is a Galilean,
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