Luke 23:24

24 Pilate decided to give them what they wanted.

Luke 23:24 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 23:24

And Pilate gave sentence
Resolved, determined, and gave out:

that it should be as they required;
that they should have their request, what they asked for; namely, that Jesus should be crucified, and Barabbas released.

Luke 23:24 In-Context

22 A third time Pilate said to them, "Why? What wrong has he done? I can find no reason to kill him. So I will have him punished and set him free."

23 But they continued to shout, demanding that Jesus be crucified. Their yelling became so loud that

24 Pilate decided to give them what they wanted.

25 He set free the man who was in jail for rioting and murder, and he handed Jesus over to them to do with him as they wished.

26 As they led Jesus away, Simon, a man from Cyrene, was coming in from the fields. They forced him to carry Jesus' cross and to walk behind him.