04.12.26: Level 4: literature; Vulgate [2]: Jesus before Herod; Luke 23.8-12

Luke 23.8-12

(8) Hērōdēs autem vīsō Iēsū, gāvīsus est valdē. Erat enim cupiēns ex multō tempore vidēre eum, eō quod audierat multa dē eō, et spērābat signum aliquod vidēre ab eō fieri.

• But Herod, when he saw Jesus, greatly rejoiced, for he had desired [literally: he was desirous] to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things about him, and he was hoping to see some sign done by him.

(9) Interrogābat autem eum multīs sermōnibus. At ipse nihil illī respondēbat.

• And he kept asking him many questions [he kept questioning him at length], but he (Jesus) himself said nothing to him in reply.

(10) Stābant autem prīncipēs sacerdōtum et scrībae cōnstanter accūsantēs eum.

• And the chief priests were standing (there), and the scribes, continually accusing him.

(11) Sprēvit autem illum Hērōdēs cum exercitū suō: et illūsit indūtum veste albā, et remīsit ad Pīlātum.

• And Herod with his soldiers scorned him [treated him with contempt] and mocked him [who had been / after he had been] dressed in an elegant garment, and sent him back to Pilate.

(12) Et factī sunt amīcī Hērōdēs et Pīlātus in ipsā diē: nam anteā inimīcī erant ad invicem.

• And Herod and Pilate became friends on that same day, for previously they were mutual enemies

Notes:

[i] vīsō Iēsū: ablative absolute; literally: with Jesus having been seen

https://adckl.blogspot.com/search/label/ablative%20absolute

[ii] gavisus est < gaudeō, -ēre, gavisus sum: semi-deponent verb

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/02/100425-level-3-deponent-verbs-10-semi.html

[iii] aliquod: indefinite adjective i.e. some sign

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/08/201125-level-3-indefinites-4-ali-i.html

[iv] Interrogābat autem eum multīs sermōnibus.

There is a sense of relentless, repeated and lengthy questioning. Herod is doing all the talking.

sermō, sermōnis [3/f]: speaking; talking; discourse

That same relentlessness is conveyed in: … scrībae cōnstanter accūsantēs eum

[v] illūsit ¦ (a) indūtum ¦ veste (b) albā

(a) …and mocked him who had been dressed / after he had been dressed ¦ in a white garment

indūtus, -a, -um: perfect passive participle < induō, -ere, induī, indūtus [3]: dress; put on

i.e. the participle acts as a noun

(b) albus, -a, -um: although its meaning is ‘white’, the sense here is ‘elegant’, ‘gorgeous’ or ‘splendid’

[vi]

et spērābat signum aliquod vidēre ab eō fieri

• and he hoped to see some sign (being) done by him

Et factī sunt amīcī Hērōdēs et Pīlātus

• And Herod and Pilate became friends

fiō, fieri, factus sum: become

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/05/210424-fio-fieri-become.html

[vii] ad īnvicem (Late Latin): each other; mutually