Luke 23:20

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Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again.

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  • Matt 14:8-9 : 8 Prompted by her mother, she said, 'Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.' 9 The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his guests, he ordered it to be given to her.
  • Matt 27:19 : 19 While he was seated on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him, saying, 'Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered greatly today in a dream because of Him.'
  • Mark 15:15 : 15 Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. After having Jesus flogged, he handed Him over to be crucified.
  • John 19:12 : 12 Because of this, Pilate tried to release him. But the Jews kept shouting, "If you release this man, you are not a friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar."

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  • Luke 23:21-25
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    21 But they kept shouting, 'Crucify Him! Crucify Him!'

    22 For the third time he asked them, 'Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no reason for a death sentence. Therefore, I will punish Him and release Him.'

    23 But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And their voices prevailed.

    24 So Pilate decided to grant their demand.

    25 He released the one they asked for, who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, but he handed Jesus over to their will.

  • Mark 15:8-9
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    8 The crowd came up and began asking Pilate to do for them as he usually did.

    9 Pilate answered them, 'Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?''

  • Mark 15:11-15
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    11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas instead.

    12 Pilate asked them a second time, 'Then what do you want me to do with the one you call the King of the Jews?'

    13 They shouted back, 'Crucify Him!'

    14 Pilate asked them, 'Why? What wrong has He done?' But they shouted all the more, 'Crucify Him!'

    15 Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. After having Jesus flogged, he handed Him over to be crucified.

  • Matt 27:15-17
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    15 Now at the festival, the governor was accustomed to release to the crowd one prisoner, whom they wanted.

    16 At that time, they were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.

    17 So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, 'Whom do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Christ?'

  • Matt 27:20-24
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    20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.

    21 The governor asked them, 'Which of the two do you want me to release to you?' They answered, 'Barabbas.'

    22 Pilate said to them, 'Then what should I do with Jesus, who is called the Christ?' They all said, 'Let Him be crucified!'

    23 But he said, 'Why? What evil has He done?' Yet they kept shouting all the more, 'Let Him be crucified!'

    24 When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, 'I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves.'

  • Mark 15:4-6
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    4 So Pilate questioned Him again, 'Aren’t You going to answer anything? See how many charges they’re bringing against You.'

    5 But Jesus no longer answered anything, and Pilate was amazed.

    6 At the festival, Pilate used to release to the people one prisoner whom they requested.

  • John 19:12-13
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    12 Because of this, Pilate tried to release him. But the Jews kept shouting, "If you release this man, you are not a friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar."

    13 So Pilate, when he heard this statement, brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, which in Aramaic is called Gabbatha.

  • John 18:38-39
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    38 'What is truth?' Pilate asked. After he said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, 'I find no basis for a charge against him.'

    39 'But it is your custom that I release one prisoner to you at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to release the King of the Jews?'

  • Luke 23:16-19
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    16 Therefore, I will punish Him and then release Him.

    17 (He was obligated to release one prisoner to them at the feast.)

    18 But they all cried out together, 'Away with this man, and release Barabbas to us!'

    19 (He had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)

  • John 19:10
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    10 Pilate said to him, "Are you not speaking to me? Do you not know that I have the authority to crucify you and the authority to release you?"

  • Luke 23:13-14
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    13 Pilate then called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people.

    14 and said to them, 'You brought this man to me as one who is misleading the people. Now look, after examining Him in your presence, I have found no basis for your charges against Him.

  • John 18:29
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    29 So Pilate went out to them and asked, 'What charge do you bring against this man?'

  • Matt 27:26
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    26 Then he released Barabbas to them; but after having Jesus flogged, he handed Him over to be crucified.

  • Luke 23:3-4
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    3 So Pilate asked Him, 'Are You the King of the Jews?' Jesus answered, 'You say so.'

    4 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, 'I find no guilt in this man.'

  • John 19:4-6
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    4 Pilate went outside again and said to them, "Look, I am bringing him out to you so that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him."

    5 Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Behold the man!"

    6 When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Pilate responded, "Take him yourselves and crucify him; I find no charge against him."

  • John 19:16
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    16 So then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away.

  • Luke 23:1
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    1 Then the entire assembly arose and brought Him to Pilate.

  • Matt 27:2
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    2 They tied Him up, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

  • John 18:31-33
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    31 Pilate told them, 'Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.' 'It’s not lawful for us to put anyone to death,' the Jewish leaders replied.

    32 This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken, indicating the kind of death he was going to die.

    33 Then Pilate went back inside the governor’s headquarters, summoned Jesus, and asked him, 'Are you the King of the Jews?'

  • Luke 23:6
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    6 When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

  • John 19:21
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    21 The chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews,' but that this man said, 'I am the King of the Jews.'"

  • John 19:8
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    8 When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid.