Luke 23:19
(a man who was cast into prison because of a certain insurrection that occurred in the city, and for murder).
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
In Context
18But they cried out all together, saying, Take away this man, and release to us Barabbas
20Again therefore Pilate called out wanting to release Jesus,
Cross References
Luke 23:5But they were emphatic, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, having begun from Galilee as far as here.
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 →