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Luke 23:20

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18 But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”

19 (Barabbas had been imprisoned for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)

Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again,

21 but they kept shouting, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”

22 A third time he said to them, “What evil has this man done? I have found in Him no offense worthy of death. So after I punish Him, I will release Him.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again,
KJV
Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
WEB
Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,
ASV
And Pilate spake unto them again, desiring to release Jesus;
DARBY
Pilate therefore, desirous to release Jesus, again addressed [them].
BLB
Therefore Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, called to them again.
ÅB
Pilatus talte da til dem igjen, fordi han gjerne ville gi Jesus fri.
OTB
Pilatus ønsket å løslate Jesus, og talte til dem igjen.
B1930
Pilatus talte da atter til dem, fordi han gjerne vilde gi Jesus fri.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Mark 15:15

    And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.

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  • Matthew 14:8–9

    Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

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  • John 19:12

    From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”

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  • Matthew 27:19

    While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”

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