Luke 23:24

Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.

World English Bible

In The King James Version

And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.

In Context

23But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.

25He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.

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Cross References

Proverbs 17:15He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

Mark 15:15Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, 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 →

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