Luke 23:21

but they were calling out, saying, “Crucify! Crucify Him!”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20Pilate again then—wishing to release Jesus—called to them,

22And he said to them a third time, “Why, what evil did He do? I found no cause of death in Him; having corrected Him, then, I will release [Him].”

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Cross References

Matthew 27:22Pilate says to them, “What then will I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all say to him, “Let [Him] be crucified!”

Luke 23:23And they were pressing with loud voices asking Him to be crucified, and their voices, and those of the chief priests, were prevailing,

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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