Luke 23:20
Pilate therefore spake to them again, being desirous to release Jesus.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
In Context
19(who for a riot in the city, and for murder, was committed to prison:)
21But they bawled out, saying, Crucify Him, crucify Him.
Cross References
Matthew 14:8and she, being before instructed by her mother, said, Give me here in a dish the head of John the baptist:
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.
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 →