Luke 23:21

But crying out they said, To the cross with him!

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.

In Context

20And Pilate again said to them that it was his desire to let Jesus go free.

22And he said to them a third time, Why, what evil has he done? I see no reason for putting him to death: I will give him punishment and let him go.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:22Pilate says to them, What, then, am I to do with Jesus, who is named Christ? They all say, Let him be put to death on the cross.

Luke 23:23But they went on crying out loudly, Let him be put to death on the cross. And they had their way.

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 →

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