Luke 23:18
Then the whole multitude set up a cry, saying, Away with this fellow, and release unto us Barabbas!
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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(Now he held it necessary to release one to them at the feast.)
19(who for a certain sedition raised in the city, and for murder, had been cast into prison.)
Cross References
Matthew 27:15Now at the feast, the governor had been accustomed to release one prisoner to the people, whomsoever they chose.
John 18:39But ye have a custom, that I should release to you one person at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
Acts 3:14But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and besought that a man, a murderer, might as a favour be given unto you;
Acts 22:22And they gave him audience to this sentence, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
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 →