Luke 23:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 14:8-9 : 8 And she having been instigated by her mother -- `Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist; 9 and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, he commanded `it' to be given;
  • Matt 27:19 : 19 And as he is sitting on the tribunal, his wife sent unto him, saying, `Nothing -- to thee and to that righteous one, for many things did I suffer to-day in a dream because of him.'
  • Mark 15:15 : 15 and Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus -- having scourged `him' -- that he might be crucified.
  • John 19:12 : 12 From 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.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 23:21-25
    5 verses
    81%

    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.

  • Mark 15:8-9
    2 verses
    81%

    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?'

  • Mark 15:11-15
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    79%

    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?'

    13and they again cried out, `Crucify him.'

    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.

  • Matt 27:15-17
    3 verses
    78%

    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?'

  • Matt 27:20-24
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    77%

    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.'

    24And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, `I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one; ye -- ye shall see;'

  • Mark 15:4-6
    3 verses
    77%

    4And Pilate again questioned him, saying, `Thou dost not answer anything! lo, how many things they do testify against thee!'

    5and Jesus did no more answer anything, so that Pilate wondered.

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

  • John 19:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

    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.'

    13Pilate, therefore, having heard this word, brought Jesus without -- and he sat down upon the tribunal -- to a place called, `Pavement,' and in Hebrew, Gabbatha;

  • John 18:38-39
    2 verses
    76%

    38Pilate saith to him, `What is truth?' and this having said, again he went forth unto the Jews, and saith to them, `I do find no fault in him;

    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?'

  • Luke 23:16-19
    4 verses
    75%

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

    17for it was necessary for him to release to them one at every feast,

    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.

  • John 19:10
    73%

    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?'

  • Luke 23:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13And Pilate having called together the chief priests, and the rulers, and the people,

    14said unto them, `Ye brought to me this man as perverting the people, and lo, I before you having examined, found in this man no fault in those things ye bring forward against him;

  • John 18:29
    73%

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

  • Matt 27:26
    73%

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

  • Luke 23:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3And Pilate questioned him, saying, `Thou art the king of the Jews?' and he answering him, said, `Thou dost say `it'.'

    4And Pilate said unto the chief priests, and the multitude, `I find no fault in this man;'

  • John 19:4-6
    3 verses
    72%

    4Pilate, therefore, again went forth without, and saith to them, `Lo, I do bring him to you without, that ye may know that in him I find no fault;'

    5Jesus, therefore, came forth without, bearing the thorny crown and the purple garment; and he saith to them, `Lo, the man!'

    6When, therefore, the chief priests and the officers did see him, they cried out, saying, `Crucify, crucify;' Pilate saith to them, `Take ye him -- ye, and crucify; for I find no fault in him;'

  • John 19:16
    71%

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

  • Luke 23:1
    71%

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

  • Matt 27:2
    71%

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

  • John 18:31-33
    3 verses
    71%

    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;'

    32that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled which he said, signifying by what death he was about to die.

    33Pilate, therefore, entered into the praetorium again, and called Jesus, and said to him, `Thou art the King of the Jews?'

  • Luke 23:6
    71%

    6And Pilate having heard of Galilee, questioned if the man is a Galilean,

  • John 19:21
    70%

    21The chief priests of the Jews said, therefore, to Pilate, `Write not -- The king of the Jews, but that one said, I am king of the Jews;'

  • John 19:8
    70%

    8When, therefore, Pilate heard this word, he was the more afraid,