Luke 23:18
But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
In Context
17Now Pilate was obliged to release to the people one prisoner at the feast.
19(Barabbas had been imprisoned for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)
Cross References
Matthew 27:15Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.
John 18:39But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
Acts 3:14You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
Acts 22:22The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
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 →