Luke 23:20
Pilate, however, wanting to release Jesus, called to them again;
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
In Context
21but they kept calling out, “Crucify, crucify him!”
Cross References
Matthew 14:8Prompted by her mother, the girl said ‘Give me here, on a dish, the head of John the Baptist.’
Mark 15:15And Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and, after scourging Jesus, gave him up 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 →