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Herod and Pilate - a friendship made in - where?

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In Luke 23 8-12 Herod is unimpressed with Jesus and sends him back to Pilate. Luke says in verse 12 that Herod and Pilate became friends after this. My question - why? And why does Luke mention it?

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  • March HareMarch Hare Shipmate
    I wonder about that. I'd definitely want to ask Luke about the evidence for that statement. And it's a very 'un-Luke-like' bit of commentary, so possibly a later interpolation?

    I can't see it myself: they're very different characters. I have a lot of time for Pilate, and tried to bring out his integrity and dilemma when I played him several times in Passion plays many years ago.
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