Luke 23:20

The Passion Translation

Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, tried to convince them it was best to let Jesus go,

Cross References

Matthew 27:19

Just then, as Pilate was presiding over the tribunal, his wife sent him an urgent message: “Don’t harm that holy man, for I suffered a horrible nightmare last night about him!”

Mark 15:15

Because he wanted to please the people, Pilate released Barabbas to them. After he had Jesus severely beaten with a whip made of leather straps and embedded with metal, he sentenced him to be crucified.

Luke 23:19

For Barabbas had been thrown in prison for robbery and murder.

Luke 23:21

but they screamed out over and over, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”

John 19:12

From then on Pilate tried to find a way out of the situation and to set him free, but the Jewish authorities shouted him down: “If you let this man go, you’re no friend of Caesar! Anyone who declares himself a king is an enemy of the emperor!”