Luke 23:18

So they all cried out together, “Away with this man, and release for us Barabbas!”

Text-Critical English NT

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 each year at the feast Pilate was obligated to release one prisoner for the people.

19(This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection that had taken place in the city, and for murder.)

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Cross References

Matthew 27:15Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner for the crowd, whomever they wanted.

John 18:39But you have a custom that I release for you one man at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?”

Acts 3:14Yes, you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you.

Acts 22:22The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement, but then they lifted up their voices and said, “Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be 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 →

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