Luke 23:20
Pilate addressed them again, desiring to release Jesus.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
In Context
19Barabbas was a man who had been put into prison for a certain rebellion in the city and for murder.
21But they shouted, saying, “Crucify him, crucify him.”
Cross References
Matthew 14:8After being instructed by her mother, she said, “Give me here, on a platter, the head of John the Baptist.”
Mark 15:15Pilate wanted to satisfy the crowd, so he released Barabbas to them. He scourged Jesus and then handed him over 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 →