Luke 23:16
Therefore I will chastise him, and release him.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
In Context
15No, nor did Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.
17[For he was obliged to release one man to them at the feast.]
Cross References
Mark 15:15And so Pilate, wanting to satisfy the people, released Barabbas to them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
John 19:1Then Pilate took Jesus, and scourged him.
Acts 16:37But Paul said to them, They have beaten us openly, uncondemned, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they send us away secretly? no indeed; let them come themselves and fetch us out.
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 →