Luke 23:18

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

18 ¹But they all cried out together, ²“Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas”—

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 I will therefore punish and release him. ”

18 But they all cried out together, “Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas”—

19 a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city and for murder.

20 Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus,

Cross References

• 1. 23:18 For ver. 18-25, see Matt. 27:15-26; Mark 15:6-15; John 18:39, 40; 19:16
• 2. 23:18 [Acts 21:36; 22:22]