Luke 23:16

I will therefore give him a light punishment and release him."

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

I will therefore chastise him, and release him.

In Context

15No, nor does Herod; for he has sent him back to us; and, you see, there is nothing he has done that deserves death.

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Cross References

Mark 15:15So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the mob, released Barabbas for them, and after scourging Jesus handed Him over for crucifixion.

John 19:1Then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him.

Acts 16:37But Paul said to them, "After cruelly beating us in public, without trial, Roman citizens though we are, they have thrown us into prison, and are they now going to send us away privately? No, indeed! Let them come in person 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 →

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