Theophylact of Ohrid

And they, having nothing else to confirm their slander, resort to shouting and cry out against God the Word. "He stirs up," they say, that is, "He agitates the people," and not in one particular place, but He began "from Galilee" and, passing through the middle of Judea, managed to agitate "even to this place." It seems to me that they mentioned Galilee not without reason, but with the intention of striking fear into Pilate. For the Galileans are always like that — rebels and inclined to innovations — such as Judas the Galilean. …

Commentary on Luke ↗

Bede

But they prevailed, saying: He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to here. This speech of the accusers teaches more that he who is accused is innocent, and that they who accuse are perverse. For to have taught the people, and by teaching to have stirred them from the indolence of former times, and by such an action to have traversed from Galilee to Judea, that is the entire land of promise from end to end, this is shown to be an indication of virtue, not of crime. …

On the Gospel of Luke ↗

Bonaventure

Fourth, as to the importunate aggravation of the accusation, he adds: But they grew more vehement, saying: He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place. In this they aggravate the accusation, since they wish to charge him with sedition, as though he were a disturber of the whole land; but they unjustly accuse him of disturbance, because he was not stirring up the people to sedition, as Absalom, of whom it is said in 2 Kings 15: "When he offered sacrifices, a strong conspiracy was …

Commentary on Luke, Chapter 23 ↗