Luke 23:18

World English Bible (2000)

But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!"--

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  • Acts 3:14 : 14 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
  • Acts 21:36 : 36 for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, "Away with him!"
  • Acts 22:22 : 22 They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice, and said, "Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn't fit to live!"
  • Matt 27:15-26 : 15 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired. 16 They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. 17 When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?" 18 For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up. 19 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him." 20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 21 But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!" 22 Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!" 23 But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!" 24 So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it." 25 All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!" 26 Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.
  • Mark 15:6-9 : 6 Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him. 7 There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder. 8 The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them. 9 Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?" 10 For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up. 11 But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead. 12 Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?" 13 They cried out again, "Crucify him!" 14 Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!" 15 Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.
  • John 18:39-40 : 39 But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?" 40 Then they all shouted again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.
  • John 19:15-16 : 15 They cried out, "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!" 16 So then he delivered him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away.

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  • John 18:39-40
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    89%

    39 But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

    40 Then they all shouted again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.

  • Matt 27:15-18
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    84%

    15 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired.

    16 They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

    17 When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?"

    18 For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.

  • Matt 27:20-23
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    84%

    20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

    21 But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!"

    22 Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"

    23 But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"

  • Luke 23:16-17
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    16 I will therefore chastise him and release him."

    17 Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.

  • Luke 23:19-26
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    19 one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.

    20 Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,

    21 but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!"

    22 He said to them the third time, "Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him."

    23 But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.

    24 Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.

    25 He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.

    26 When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it after Jesus.

  • Mark 15:6-9
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    83%

    6 Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.

    7 There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

    8 The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.

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

  • Matt 27:25-27
    3 verses
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    25 All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!"

    26 Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.

    27 Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.

  • Mark 15:11-16
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    81%

    11 But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.

    12 Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?"

    13 They cried out again, "Crucify him!"

    14 Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"

    15 Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.

    16 The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.

  • Acts 21:36
    77%

    36 for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, "Away with him!"

  • John 19:15-16
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    75%

    15 They cried out, "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!"

    16 So then he delivered him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away.

  • Luke 23:1-2
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    1 The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.

    2 They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."

  • John 18:29-31
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    29 Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"

    30 They answered him, "If this man weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't have delivered him up to you."

    31 Pilate therefore said to them, "Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law." Therefore the Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,"

  • John 19:12
    73%

    12 At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, "If you release this man, you aren't Caesar's friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!"

  • Acts 22:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22 They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice, and said, "Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn't fit to live!"

    23 As they cried out, and threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,

  • Luke 23:34
    71%

    34 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

  • Matt 27:2
    70%

    2 and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

  • Luke 24:20
    70%

    20 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

  • John 19:6
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    6 When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him."

  • Luke 23:14
    69%

    14 and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.

  • Acts 21:34
    69%

    34 Some shouted one thing, and some another, among the crowd. When he couldn't find out the truth because of the noise, he commanded him to be brought into the barracks.