Luke 23:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Pilate wanted to set Jesus free, so he spoke again to the crowds.

Cross References

Matthew 27:19

While Pilate was judging the case, his wife sent him a message. It said, “Don't have anything to do with that innocent man. I have had nightmares because of him.”

Mark 15:15

Pilate wanted to please the crowd. So he set Barabbas free. Then he ordered his soldiers to beat Jesus with a whip and nail him to a cross.

Luke 23:19

Now Barabbas was in jail because he had started a riot in the city and had murdered someone.

Luke 23:21

But they kept shouting, “Nail him to a cross! Nail him to a cross!”

John 19:12

Then Pilate wanted to set Jesus free. But the crowd again yelled, “If you set this man free, you are no friend of the Emperor! Anyone who claims to be a king is an enemy of the Emperor.”