Luke 24:20

20 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him;

Luke 24:20 in Other Translations

20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.

20 and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

20 But our leading priests and other religious leaders handed him over to be condemned to death, and they crucified him.

20 They said, "The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene. He was a man of God, a prophet, dynamic in work and word, blessed by both God and all the people. Then our high priests and leaders betrayed him, got him sentenced to death, and crucified him.

20 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

20 Our chief priests and rulers had him condemned to death and crucified.

20 and how our chief priests and leaders handed Him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified Him.

20 The chief priests and our rulers handed Jesus over to be sentenced to death. They nailed him to a cross.

Luke 24:20 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 24:20

And how the chief priests and our rulers
Civil and ecclesiastic:

delivered him;
to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor:

to be condemned to death;
the death of the cross, by the said governor, having first seized him and examined him before their sanhedrim, and pronounced him guilty of death:

and have crucified him;
for though Pilate passed the sentence, and the Roman soldiers executed it, yet these men are said to do it, because it was at their request, and through their instigation, that it was done; hence Peter charges the Jewish sanhedrim with it, ( Acts 4:10 ) .

Luke 24:20 In-Context

18 One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”

19 “What things?” he asked. “About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people.

20 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him;

21 but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.

22 In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning

Cross References

• 1. Luke 23:13