Luke 23:11 Meaning and Explanation
“And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.”
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Read Full Chapter →Herod and his soldiers treat Jesus with contempt, mock him, dress him in a splendid robe, and send him back to Pilate.
What Does Luke 23:11 Mean?
Denied a miracle, Herod turns to mockery. He and his men of war count the silent prisoner as nothing, and the shining robe they drape over him is a soldier's joke: behold, a king.
Yet the joke tells the truth. He is a King, and the robe meant to shame him preaches his title. Isaiah's Servant was “despised and rejected of men” (Isaiah 53:3), and here scorn is poured on the very one who came to save the scorners. Christ absorbed contempt without returning it — and in him, all who are ever mocked or counted as nothing have a Lord who knows it from the inside.
Luke 23:11 in the Original Language
exoutheneo (ἐξουθενέω), 'set at nought' -- to treat as nothing, to despise utterly.
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What does Luke 23:11 mean?
Herod and his soldiers treat Jesus with contempt, mock him, dress him in a splendid robe, and send him back to Pilate.