Luke 23:18
And the whole multitude cried out, saying: Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
In Context
17For it was necessary that he should release to them one at the feast.
Cross References
Matthew 27:15Now at the feast, the governor was in the habit of releasing to the multitude one prisoner, whom they chose.
John 18:39But you have a custom, that I release to you one during the passover. Are you willing, then, that I should release to you the king of the Jews?
Acts 3:14But you rejected the Holy and Just One, and demanded that a murderer should be given to you;
Acts 22:22And they heard him to this word, and lifted up their voice, saying: Away with such a man from the earth! for it is not fit that he should 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 →