Luke 23:18
Then all ye multitude cried at once, saying, Away with him, and deliuer vnto vs Barabbas:
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
In Context
17(For of necessitie hee must haue let one loose vnto them at the feast.)
19Which for a certaine insurrection made in the citie, and murder, was cast in prison.
Cross References
Matthew 27:15Nowe at the feast, the gouernour was wont to deliuer vnto the people a prisoner whom they would.
John 18:39But you haue a custome, that I shoulde deliuer you one loose at the Passeouer: will yee then that I loose vnto you the King of ye Iewes?
Acts 3:14But ye denied the Holy one and the Iust, and desired a murtherer to be giuen you,
Acts 22:22And they heard him vnto this worde, but then they lift vp their voyces, and sayd, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not meete that he should liue.
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 →