Luk 23:12 | NETfull | STEP | That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other, for prior to this they had been enemies.

Luke 23:12

12 That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other, ^{▼▼ Herod and Pilate became friends with each other. It may be that Pilate’s change of heart was related to the death of his superior, Sejanus, who had a reputation for being anti-Jewish. To please his superior, Pilate may have ruled the Jews with insensitivity. Concerning Sejanus, see Philo, Embassy 24 (160–61) and Flaccus 1 (1).} for prior to this they had been enemies. ^{▼▼ Grk “at enmity with each other.”}