Lukas 23:3

23:3 So ¹  Pilate asked Jesus, ²  “Are you the king ³  of the Jews?” He replied, “You say so.” ⁴ 

Lukas 23:37-38

23:37 and saying, “If ⁵  you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!” 23:38 There was also an inscription ⁶  over him, “This is the king of the Jews.”

[23:3]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the charges brought in the previous verse.

[23:3]  ² tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:3]  ³ sn “Are you the king of the Jews?” Pilate was interested only in the third charge, because of its political implications of sedition against Rome.

[23:3]  ⁴ sn The reply “You say so” is somewhat enigmatic, like Jesus’ earlier reply to the Jewish leadership in 22:70.

[23:37]  ⁵ tn This is also a first class condition in the Greek text.

[23:38]  ⁶ sn Mention of the inscription is an important detail, because the inscription would normally give the reason for the execution. It shows that Jesus was executed for claiming to be a king. It was also probably written with irony from the executioners’ point of view.