Luke 23:18
But they began to shout as one man, “Kill this fellow, but release Barabbas for us.”
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
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Cross References
Matthew 27:15Now, at the feast, the Governor was accustomed to grant the people the release of any one prisoner whom they might choose.
John 18:39It is, however, the custom for me to grant you the release of one man at the Passover Festival. Do you wish for the release of the king of the Jews?”
Acts 3:14You, I say, disowned the holy and righteous one, and asked for the release of a murderer!
Acts 22:22Up to this point the people had been listening to Paul, but at these words they called out, “Kill him! A fellow like this ought not to have been allowed 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 →