Luke 23:18

18 Then they all cried out together, "Take this man away! Release Barabbas to us!"

Luke 23:18 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 23:18

And they cried out all at once
The chief priests, rulers, and people, not bearing to hear of a release of him, now they had got him in their hands; and enraged at the proposal, in a most clamorous way, cried out, as one man, immediately:

Saying, away with this man;
to the cross; to Calvary, the place of execution; away with him out of the world; he is not fit to live:

and release unto us Barabbas;
whose character is given in the next verse; (See Gill on Matthew 27:16).

Luke 23:18 In-Context

16 Therefore I will have Him whipped; to discipline or "teach a lesson"; 1 Kg 12:11 , 14 LXX; 2 Ch 10:11 , 14 ; perhaps a way of referring to the Roman scourging; Lat flagellatio and [then] release Him." [

17 For according to the festival he had to release someone to them.]

18 Then they all cried out together, "Take this man away! Release Barabbas to us!"

19 (He had been thrown into prison for a rebellion that had taken place in the city, and for murder.)

20 Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again,