Luke 23:16
I will therefore chastise him and release him.”
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
In Context
17Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:5+ 53:5 a MP: Messiah is “pierced / wounded for our transgressions”. Note: There is no Bible punishment or law for death that specifically involves piercing; stoning or banishment is more common. (Matt 20:28; John 19:34; Rom 4:25) But he was pierced for our rebellious breaches of relationships. 2 + 53:5 b MP: Messiah bears and carries the sins of others. (1 Pet 2:24) He was crushed for our depravities (moral evils). 1 + 53:5 c MP: Messiah’s chastening brings us peace (with God). Implied by the context, this peace is in relationship with our Creator not other humans. (Rom 4:25; 5:15-18; Col 1:20) The punishment that brought our peace was on him; 2 + 53:5 d MP: “By his stripes we are healed / made whole.” Messiah’s atonement brings wholeness and healing to those in association with him. (This healing could be physical, spiritual or both). (Matt 8:16-17; John 17:17-19; 1 Pet 2:24) and by his stripes and wounds we are healed and made whole. + 53:5. Quoted in 1 Pet 2:24 1
Mark 15:15Pilate [Armed with javelin], wishing to please the multitude, released Bar-Abba [Son Father] to them, and handed over Yeshua [Salvation], when he had flogged him, to be nailed to the execution-stake.
John 19:1+ 19:1 Messiah’s back is whipped. “I gave my back to the smiters.” (Is 50:6a) So Pilate [Armed with javelin] then took Yeshua [Salvation], and flogged him.
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 →