Luke 23:16
I will therefore chastise Him, and so release Him.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
In Context
15nor Herod neither; for I sent you to him, and behold nothing worthy of death is proved upon Him.
17Now he was obliged to release one to them at the feast.
Cross References
Mark 15:15So Pilate being willing to ingratiate with the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and having scourged Jesus, delivered Him up to be crucified.
John 19:1Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged Him.
Acts 16:37But Paul said unto them, They have publicly beaten us, uncondemned, and Romans, and cast us into prison, and do they now turn us out privately? No verily, 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 →