Luke 23:18
But they cried out all together, saying, Take away this man, and release to us Barabbas
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
In Context
17Now he had need to release one man to them at every feast.
Cross References
Matthew 27:15Now during a feast the governor had been accustomed to release to the crowd one prisoner whom they wanted.
John 18:39But there is a custom for you that I should release to you one man at the Passover. Do ye wish therefore I would release to you the king of the Jews?
Acts 3:14But ye denied the Holy and Righteous, and asked for a man, a murderer to be granted to you.
Acts 22:22And they heard him until this word. And they lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a man from the earth, for he is not fit to live.
Matthew Henry on Luke 23:14-26
Barabbas Preferred to Christ. 13 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, 14 Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: 15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. 16 I will therefore chastise him, and release him. 17 (For of necessity he must release… Read the whole commentary →