Luke 23:20
Pilate again then — wishing to release Jesus — called to them,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
In Context
19who had been, because of a certain sedition made in the city, and murder, cast into prison.
21but they were calling out, saying, 'Crucify, crucify him.'
Cross References
Matthew 14:8And she having been instigated by her mother — 'Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist;
Mark 15:15and Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus — having scourged [him] — that he might 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 →