Luke 23:18
But they all cried out at once, saying, Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas:
Revised King James 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[For he was obliged to release one man to them at the feast.]
19(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
Cross References
Matthew 27:15Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the people one prisoner, whom they wanted.
John 18:39But you have a custom, for me to release someone to you at the passover: do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?
Acts 3:14But you denied the Holy and Just One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you;
Acts 22:22And until this word they listened to him, then they lifted up their voices, and said, 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 →