Luke 23:23

And they were urgent with loud voices, requiring that he should be crucified. And their voices and those of the chief priests prevailed.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.

In Context

22And a third time he said to them: What evil then has this man done? I found no cause of death in him. I will therefore chastise, and release him.

24And Pilate gave sentence, that what they required should be done.

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Cross References

Luke 23:5And they were the more violent, saying: He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee, unto this place.

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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