Luke 23 is the twenty-third chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke the Evangelist composed this Gospel as well as the Acts of the Apostles. This chapter records the trial of Jesus Christ before Pontius Pilate, Jesus' meeting with Herod Antipas, and his crucifixion, death and burial. Text The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 56 verses. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: Papyrus 75 (AD 175–225) Codex Vaticanus (325-350) Codex Sinaiticus (330-360) Codex Bezae (c. 400) Codex Washingtonianus (c. 400) Codex Alexandrinus (400-440) Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (c. 450; extant verses 26–56) Old Testament references : Psalm : Psalm : Psalm a : Psalm a; Psalm New Testament references : ; ; : ; ; : ; ; : ; ; Verse 1 And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. "The whole multitude of them" (, hapan to plēthos) may also be translated as "the whole assembly", or "the whole Council". Luke uses το πληθος (rather than το ὄχλος, to ochlos) to signify a multitude in number. They led Jesus to Pontius Pilate, the provincial governor (prefect) of Judaea. Verse 3 Then Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He answered, “You say so.” (NRSV) Cross reference: Matthew 27:11; Mark 15:2; John 18:37 Verse 3 in Greek Textus Receptus/Majority Text: ὁ δὲ Πιλάτος ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτόν, λέγων, Σὺ εἶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων; ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτῷ ἔφη, Σὺ λέγεις. Transliteration: Ho de Pilatos epērōtēsen auton, legōn, "Su ei ho basileus tōn Ioudaiōn?": Ho de apokritheis autō ephē, "Su legeis." Verse 3 in Latin Biblia Sacra Vulgata: Pilatus autem interrogavit eum dicens tu es rex Iudaeorum at ille respondens ait tu dicis. The style of response is the same as in Luke 22:70, where Jesus answers the Sanhedrin's question, "Are you the Son of God?" Verse 5 But they were the more fierce, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place.” Traditionally, "throughout all Judea" has been rendered as "throughout all Jewry". F. W. Farrar suggests that these words imply a "Judean ministry" which the synoptic gospels do not narrate, as the only journey of Jesus in Judea which is recorded