Luke 23:18
and they cried out — the whole multitude — saying, 'Away with this one, and release to us Barabbas,'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
In Context
17for it was necessary for him to release to them one at every feast,
19who had been, because of a certain sedition made in the city, and murder, cast into prison.
Cross References
Matthew 27:15And at the feast the governor had been accustomed to release one to the multitude, a prisoner, whom they willed,
John 18:39and ye have a custom that I shall release to you one in the passover; will ye, therefore, [that] I shall release to you the king of the Jews?'
Acts 3:14and ye the Holy and Righteous One did deny, and desired a man — a murderer — to be granted to you,
Acts 22:22And they were hearing him unto this word, and they lifted up their voice, saying, 'Away from the earth with such an one; for it is not fit for him to 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 →