Luke 23:18

And all the company vociferated, and said: Away with this man; and release to us Barabbas.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:

In Context

17For it was a custom, that he should release one at the festival.

19He was one who had been thrown into prison, on account of a sedition and murder which had occurred in the city.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:15And at each festival, the president was accustomed to release to the people one prisoner, such as they preferred.

John 18:39And ye have a custom that I should release one to you at the passover; will ye, therefore, that I release to you this king of the Jews?

Acts 3:14But ye denied the holy and just One, and demanded that a murderer should be released to you.

Acts 22:22And when they had heard Paul as far as this sentence, they raised their voice, and cried out: Away with such a man from the earth! for he ought not to 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 →

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