Luke 23:18
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas;
Noyes 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 it was necessary for him to release to them one at the feast.
19who, for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, had been cast into prison.
Cross References
Matthew 27:15Now at the feast the governor was wont to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they would.
John 18:39But ye have a custom that I should release to you one at the passover: do ye desire, therefore, that I release to you the king of the Jews?
Acts 3:14But ye denied the holy and righteous one, and asked that a murderer should be granted to you.
Acts 22:22And they listened to him as far as this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth! for it was not fit that he should 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 →