Luke 23:24

So Pilate gaue sentence, that it should be as they required.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23But they were instant with loude voyces, and required that he might be crucified: and the voyces of them and of the hie Priests preuailed.

25And he let loose vnto them him that for insurrection and murder was cast into prison, whome they desired, and deliuered Iesus to doe with him what they would.

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Cross References

Proverbs 17:15He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust, euen they both are abomination to the Lord.

Mark 15:15So Pilate willing to content the people, loosed them Barabbas, and deliuered Iesus, when he had scourged him, that he might 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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