Luke 23:18 Cross References

Luke 23:18

18: Then a mighty roar rose from the crowd, and with one voice they shouted, "Kill him, and release Barabbas to us!"

You rejected this holy, righteous one and instead demanded the release of a murderer.

The crowd listened until Paul came to that word; then with one voice they shouted, "Away with such a fellow! Kill him! He isn't fit to live!"

But you have a custom of asking me to release someone from prison each year at Passover. So if you want me to, I'll release the King of the Jews."
But they shouted back, "No! Not this man, but Barabbas!" (Barabbas was a criminal.)

Now it was the governor's custom to release one prisoner each year at Passover time--anyone the people requested.
One of the prisoners at that time was Barabbas, convicted along with others for murder during an insurrection.
The mob began to crowd in toward Pilate, asking him to release a prisoner as usual.
"Should I give you the King of the Jews?" Pilate asked.
(For he realized by now that the leading priests had arrested Jesus out of envy.)

"Away with him," they yelled. "Away with him--crucify him!What? Crucify your king?" Pilate asked. "We have no king but Caesar," the leading priests shouted back.
Then Pilate gave Jesus to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away.

Now it was the governor's custom to release one prisoner to the crowd each year during the Passover celebration--anyone they wanted.
This year there was a notorious criminal in prison, a man named Barabbas.
As the crowds gathered before Pilate's house that morning, he asked them, "Which one do you want me to release to you--Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?"
(He knew very well that the Jewish leaders had arrested Jesus out of envy.)
Just then, as Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: "Leave that innocent man alone, because I had a terrible nightmare about him last night."

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