Luke 23:15 · World English Bible
Luke 23:15 Meaning Neither Has Herod
Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.
What does Luke 23:15 mean?
Even the mocking part of the mind, sent out to find fault, comes back empty. Two judges have looked and neither can name a thing worthy of death, for there is nothing there to find.
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Even the mocking part of the mind, sent out to find fault, comes back empty. Two judges have looked and neither can name a thing worthy of death, for there is nothing there to find. Guilt seen in another is a shadow cast from within, and no examiner, however harsh, can turn a shadow into substance.
What was thrown outward cannot be discovered in the one made to carry it. So the verdict of innocence returns, spoken now by the very faculty most eager to accuse, and the mind is left with the truth it was evading.
Herod: the mocking part of the mind, which is sent to find fault and returns with none.
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Live Luke 23:15 today
- Go back to a grudge you've held for years and check it once with fresh eyes. Sometimes the whole case rests on one bad day you've been quoting ever since.
- If you've been waiting for someone to admit something, consider that there may be nothing there for them to admit. Ask them plainly instead of waiting for a confession.
- When you've built a case against a coworker, imagine a fair outside person reading your evidence. If it wouldn't convince them, stop prosecuting it in your head.
If the person you blame turned out to be innocent, what would you have to carry yourself?
The same truth in other traditions
Hinduism · Vedanta
Fear of a snake in the dusk does not put a snake in the room. No amount of searching finds what was never there, only the rope that was always there.
Stoicism · Marcus Aurelius
Take away your opinion about the harm and the harm goes with it. Examine the thing itself and you will usually find it was never carrying what you added to it.
Zen
Chase the thief through the whole house and you end up back at your own door. The one you were hunting was never anyone else.
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