Luke 23:25

World English Bible (2000)

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.

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  • 1 Sam 12:13 : 13 Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have asked for: and behold, Yahweh has set a king over you.
  • Matt 27:26 : 26 Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.
  • Mark 15:6-7 : 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.
  • Mark 15:15 : 15 Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.
  • Luke 23:2 : 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."
  • Luke 23:5 : 5 But they insisted, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place."
  • John 18:40 : 40 Then they all shouted again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.
  • Acts 3:14 : 14 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 23:14-24
    11 verses
    86%

    14and 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.

    15Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.

    16I will therefore chastise him and release him."

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

    18But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!"--

    19one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.

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

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

    22He 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."

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

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

  • Mark 15:6-16
    11 verses
    83%

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

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

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

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

    10For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.

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

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

    13They cried out again, "Crucify him!"

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

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

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

  • Matt 27:15-18
    4 verses
    81%

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

    16They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

    17When 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?"

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

  • Matt 27:26
    80%

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

  • John 19:15-16
    2 verses
    78%

    15They 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!"

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

  • John 18:39-40
    2 verses
    77%

    39But 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?"

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

  • Matt 27:20-23
    4 verses
    77%

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

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

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

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

  • Matt 27:2
    76%

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

  • Luke 24:20
    74%

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

  • John 19:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11Jesus answered, "You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin."

    12At 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!"

  • Luke 23:26
    73%

    26When 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.

  • Luke 23:1
    73%

    1The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.

  • John 18:29-31
    3 verses
    73%

    29Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"

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

    31Pilate 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,"

  • Mark 15:1
    72%

    1Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

  • Acts 13:28
    72%

    28Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.

  • Acts 2:23
    72%

    23him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;

  • Luke 23:7
    70%

    7When he found out that he was in Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

  • Acts 3:14
    70%

    14But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

  • John 18:35
    70%

    35Pilate answered, "I'm not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me. What have you done?"