Luke 23:25

The Passion Translation

Then he released the guilty murderer Barabbas, as they had insisted, and handed Jesus over to be crucified.

Cross References

Acts 3:14

You rejected the one who is holy and righteous, and instead begged for a murderer to be released.

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.

John 18:40

They shouted out over and over, “No, not him! Give us Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was a robber and a troublemaker.)

Luke 23:5

But they yelled and demanded that Pilate do something, saying, “He has stirred up our nation, misleading people from the moment he began teaching in Galilee until he has come here to Jerusalem!”

Luke 23:2

They accused him of false testimony, saying, “This man tells us not to pay our taxes to Caesar. And he proclaims himself to be Christ the King and Messiah. He’s a deceiver of our nation.”

Matthew 27:26

So he released Barabbas to the people. He ordered that Jesus be beaten with a whip of leather straps embedded with metal, and afterward be crucified.

Luke 23:24

Pilate caved in to the crowd and ordered that the will of the people be done.

Luke 23:26

As the guards led Jesus to be crucified, there was an African man in the crowd named Simon, from Libya. He had just arrived from a rural village to keep the Feast of the Passover. The guards laid Jesus’ cross on Simon’s shoulders and forced him to walk behind Jesus, carrying his cross.

John 19:16

Then Pilate handed Jesus over to them. So the soldiers seized him and took him away to be crucified.