Luke 23:18

18 And they all cried out at once, saying, "Away with this man, and release unto 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 chastise him and release him."

17 (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the Feast.)

18 And they all cried out at once, saying, "Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas"

19 (who had been cast into prison for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder)

20 Pilate therefore, desiring to release Jesus, spoke again to them.