Luke 23:20
Then Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again.
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In The King James Version
Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
In Context
19who had been thrown into prison for a certain insurrection in the city, and for murder.
21But they just kept shouting: “Crucify! Crucify him!”
Cross References
Matthew 14:8So she, having been prompted by her mother, she says, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer!”
Mark 15:15So Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and Jesus, after a flogging, he handed over 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 →