Luke 23:19
(This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection that had taken place in the city, and for murder.)
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
In Context
18So they all cried out together, “Away with this man, and release for us Barabbas!”
20Wishing to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again,
Cross References
Luke 23:5But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here.”
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 →