Why did Pilate send Jesus to Herod?
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Biblical narrative In the Gospel of Luke, after the Sanhedrin trial of Jesus, the Jewish elders ask Pontius Pilate to judge and condemn Jesus in 23:2, accusing Jesus of making false claims of being a king. ... Since Herod already happened to be in Jerusalem at that time, Pilate decides to send Jesus to Herod to be tried.