Luke 23:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for it was necessary for him to release to them one at every feast,

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  • Mark 15:6-12
    7 verses
    86%

    6And at every feast he was releasing to them one prisoner, whomsoever they were asking;

    7and there was `one' named Barabbas, bound with those making insurrection with him, who had in the insurrection committed murder.

    8And the multitude having cried out, began to ask for themselves as he was always doing to them,

    9and Pilate answered them, saying, `Will ye `that' I shall release to you the king of the Jews?'

    10for he knew that because of envy the chief priests had delivered him up;

    11and the chief priests did move the multitude, that he might rather release Barabbas to them.

    12And Pilate answering, again said to them, `What, then, will ye `that' I shall do to him whom ye call king of the Jews?'

  • Luke 23:15-16
    2 verses
    85%

    15no, nor yet Herod, for I sent you back unto him, and lo, nothing worthy of death is having been done by him;

    16having chastised, therefore, I will release him,'

  • Matt 27:15-18
    4 verses
    85%

    15And at the feast the governor had been accustomed to release one to the multitude, a prisoner, whom they willed,

    16and they had then a noted prisoner, called Barabbas,

    17they therefore having been gathered together, Pilate said to them, `Whom will ye I shall release to you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?'

    18for he had known that because of envy they had delivered him up.

  • Luke 23:18-25
    8 verses
    83%

    18and they cried out -- the whole multitude -- saying, `Away with this one, and release to us Barabbas,'

    19who had been, because of a certain sedition made in the city, and murder, cast into prison.

    20Pilate again then -- wishing to release Jesus -- called to them,

    21but they were calling out, saying, `Crucify, crucify him.'

    22And he a third time said unto them, `Why, what evil did he? no cause of death did I find in him; having chastised him, then, I will release `him'.'

    23And they were pressing with loud voices asking him to be crucified, and their voices, and those of the chief priests, were prevailing,

    24and Pilate gave judgment for their request being done,

    25and he released him who because of sedition and murder hath been cast into the prison, whom they were asking, and Jesus he gave up to their will.

  • John 18:39-40
    2 verses
    80%

    39and ye have a custom that I shall release to you one in the passover; will ye, therefore, `that' I shall release to you the king of the Jews?'

    40therefore they all cried out again, saying, `Not this one -- but Barabbas;' and Barabbas was a robber.

  • Matt 27:20-23
    4 verses
    78%

    20And the chief priests and the elders did persuade the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus;

    21and the governor answering said to them, `Which of the two will ye `that' I shall release to you?' And they said, `Barabbas.'

    22Pilate saith to them, `What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?' They all say to him, `Let be crucified!'

    23And the governor said, `Why, what evil did he?' and they were crying out the more, saying, `Let be crucified.'

  • Matt 27:26
    77%

    26Then did he release to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered `him' up that he may be crucified;

  • Mark 15:14-16
    3 verses
    75%

    14And Pilate said to them, `Why -- what evil did he?' and they cried out the more vehemently, `Crucify him;'

    15and Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus -- having scourged `him' -- that he might be crucified.

    16And the soldiers led him away into the hall, which is Praetorium, and call together the whole band,

  • John 19:12
    72%

    12From this `time' was Pilate seeking to release him, and the Jews were crying out, saying, `If this one thou mayest release, thou art not a friend of Caesar; every one making himself a king, doth speak against Caesar.'

  • Luke 19:31
    71%

    31and if any one doth question you, Wherefore do ye loose `it'? thus ye shall say to him -- The Lord hath need of it.'

  • Luke 22:7
    69%

    7And the day of the unleavened food came, in which it was behoving the passover to be sacrificed,

  • John 18:29-31
    3 verses
    69%

    29Pilate, therefore, went forth unto them, and said, `What accusation do ye bring against this man?'

    30they answered and said to him, `If he were not an evil doer, we had not delivered him to thee.'

    31Pilate, therefore, said to them, `Take ye him -- ye -- and according to your law judge him;' the Jews, therefore, said to him, `It is not lawful to us to put any one to death;'

  • Matt 27:2
    68%

    2and having bound him, they did lead away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

  • Acts 25:16
    68%

    16unto whom I answered, that it is not a custom of Romans to make a favour of any man to die, before that he who is accused may have the accusers face to face, and may receive place of defence in regard to the charge laid against `him'.

  • John 19:16
    68%

    16Then, therefore, he delivered him up to them, that he may be crucified, and they took Jesus and led `him' away,

  • Acts 25:27
    68%

    27for it doth seem to me irrational, sending a prisoner, not also to signify the charges against him.'

  • Acts 22:30
    68%

    30and on the morrow, intending to know the certainty wherefore he is accused by the Jews, he did loose him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their sanhedrim to come, and having brought down Paul, he set `him' before them.

  • Luke 23:7
    67%

    7and having known that he is from the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him back unto Herod, he being also in Jerusalem in those days.

  • Acts 12:4
    67%

    4whom also having seized, he did put in prison, having delivered `him' to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after the passover to bring him forth to the people.

  • Luke 23:1
    67%

    1And having risen, the whole multitude of them did lead him to Pilate,

  • Deut 15:2
    67%

    2and this `is' the matter of the release: Every owner of a loan `is' to release his hand which he doth lift up against his neighbour, he doth not exact of his neighbour and of his brother, but hath proclaimed a release to Jehovah;

  • Acts 26:31
    67%

    31and having withdrawn, they were speaking unto one another, saying -- `This man doth nothing worthy of death or of bonds;'

  • Acts 23:35
    67%

    35`I will hear thee -- said he -- when thine accusers also may have come;' he also commanded him to be kept in the praetorium of Herod.

  • Luke 19:34
    67%

    34and they said, `The Lord hath need of it;'

  • John 19:10
    67%

    10Pilate, therefore, saith to him, `To me dost thou not speak? hast thou not known that I have authority to crucify thee, and I have authority to release thee?'