Luke 23:23

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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  • Ps 22:12-13 : 12 Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me. 13 They open their mouths wide against me, Lions tearing prey and roaring.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
  • Zech 11:8 : 8 I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
  • Luke 23:5 : 5 But they insisted, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place."

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

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

  • Luke 23:20-22
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    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."

  • Matt 27:20-23
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    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!"

  • Mark 15:11-16
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    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!"

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  • Mark 15:8-9
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    8The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.

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  • Luke 24:20
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    20and 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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    6When 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 23:18
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    18But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!" --

  • Luke 23:10
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    10The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.

  • John 19:15-16
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    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!"

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

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

    2They 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."

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

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    41Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees,{TR omits "the Pharisees"} and the elders, said,

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    3They kept saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and they kept slapping him.

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    39Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,

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    25It was the third hour,{9:00 A. M.} and they crucified him.

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    38An inscription was also written over him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS."

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    1Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

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

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    32Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him.{TR omits "him"}" Those who were crucified with him insulted him.

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    66As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,

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    29Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

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    33When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.

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  • Luke 23:4
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    4Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."

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    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.

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    21The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, "Don't write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'he said, I am King of the Jews.'"

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    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?"

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

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    66What do you think?" They answered, "He is worthy of death!"

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