Luke 23:25

And he released to them him who, for insurrection and murder, had been thrown into the house of the chained, whom they had asked: but Jeshu he delivered to their will.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.

In Context

24And Pilatos commanded that their requirement should be done.

26AND as they led him away, they laid hold on Shemun Kurinoya, who was coming from the country, and they laid on him the cross, that he might bear (it) after Jeshu.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:26THEN he released to them Bar-aba; and scourged Jeshu with thongs, and delivered him to be crucified.

Mark 15:15But Pilatos was willing to serve the will of the people, and released to them Bar-aba, and delivered up to them Jeshu, scourged, to be crucified.

Luke 23:5But they cried out and said, He commoveth our people while he teacheth throughout all Jihud, beginning from Galila unto this place.

Acts 3:14but you the Holy and the Just denied, and demanded for you the man the murderer to be given to you.

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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