Luke 23:16

I will therefore flog and release him.”

Family 35 New Testament

In The King James Version

I will therefore chastise him, and release him.

In Context

15Further, neither did Herod (for I sent you on to him); indeed, nothing deserving of death has been done by him.

17(It was necessary for him to release one to them at the feast.)

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Cross References

Mark 15:15So Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and Jesus, after a flogging, he handed over to be crucified.

John 19:1So then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.

Acts 16:37But Paul said to them: “After severely beating us in public, although we were uncondemned Romans, they threw us into prison, and now do they toss us out on the sly? No way! Rather, let them come themselves and escort us out!”

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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