Luke 23:24

And so Pilate issued a judgment granting their petition.

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In The King James Version

And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.

In Context

23But they persisted, with loud voices, in demanding that he be crucified. And their voices increased in intensity.

25Then he released for them the one who had been cast into prison for murder and sedition, whom they were requesting. Yet truly, Jesus he handed over to their will.

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Cross References

Proverbs 17:15Those who justify the impious, and those who condemn the just, both are abominable with God.

Mark 15:15Then Pilate, wishing to satisfy the people, released Barabbas to them, and he delivered Jesus, having severely scourged him, to be crucified.

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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