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Lexham English Bible

Luke 23:24

And Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Barabbas;   Complicity;   Demagogism;   Jesus, the Christ;   Opinion, Public;   Politics;   Priest;   Verdict;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Courts of Justice;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Pilate;   Rome;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Exhortation;   Humiliation of Christ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Capital Punishment;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gospels, Apocryphal;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Barabbas ;   Death of Christ;   Imitation;   Manuscripts;   Passover (I.);   Prayer (2);   Sentence;   Trial of Jesus;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Pilate, Pontius;   Sentence;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Barabbas;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Pilate decided to grant their demand
King James Version (1611)
And Pilate gaue sentence that it should be as they required.
King James Version
And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
English Standard Version
So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.
New American Standard Bible
And so Pilate decided to have their demand carried out.
New Century Version
Pilate decided to give them what they wanted.
Amplified Bible
Pilate pronounced sentence that their demand be granted.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Pilate pronounced sentence that their demand be granted.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Pilate pronounced sentence that their demand be granted.
Berean Standard Bible
So Pilate sentenced that their demand be met.
Contemporary English Version
Finally, Pilate gave in.
Complete Jewish Bible
Pilate decided to grant their demand;
Darby Translation
And Pilate adjudged that what they begged should take place.
Easy-to-Read Version
Pilate decided to give them what they wanted.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So Pilate gaue sentence, that it should be as they required.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Pilate commanded to have their request granted.
Good News Translation
So Pilate passed the sentence on Jesus that they were asking for.
Literal Translation
And Pilate adjudged their request to be done.
American Standard Version
And Pilate gave sentence that what they asked for should be done.
Bible in Basic English
And Pilate gave his decision for their desire to be put into effect.
Hebrew Names Version
Pilate adjudged that what they asked for should be done.
International Standard Version
Then Pilate pronounced his sentence that their demand should be carried out.Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15; John 19:16;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And Pilatos commanded that their requirement should be done.
Murdock Translation
And Pilate decreed, that their request be granted.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Pilate gaue sentence, that it should be as they required.
English Revised Version
And Pilate gave sentence that what they asked for should be done.
World English Bible
Pilate adjudged that what they asked for should be done.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And Pilate gave sentence, that what they desired should be done.
Weymouth's New Testament
So Pilate gave judgement, yielding to their demand.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Pilat demyde her axyng to be don.
Update Bible Version
And Pilate gave sentence that what they asked for should be done.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
New English Translation
So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.
New King James Version
So Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they requested.
New Living Translation
So Pilate sentenced Jesus to die as they demanded.
New Life Bible
Then Pilate said that it should be done as they wanted.
New Revised Standard
So Pilate gave his verdict that their demand should be granted.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Pilate, consented, that their request should be granted;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
Revised Standard Version
So Pilate gave sentence that their demand should be granted.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And Pylate gave sentence that it shuld be as they required
Young's Literal Translation
and Pilate gave judgment for their request being done,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Pilate gaue sentence, that it shulde be as they requyred,
Mace New Testament (1729)
Pilate determin'd to grant their request.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Finally, fearing that things might get out of hand, Pilate agreed to kill Jesus as they demanded.

Contextual Overview

13 So Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people 14 and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people, and behold, when I examined him before you, I found nothing in this man as basis for the accusation which you are making against him. 15 But neither did Herod, because he sent him back to us. And behold, nothing deserving death has been done by him. 16 Therefore I will punish him and release him." But they all cried out in unison, saying, "Take this man away, and release for us Barabbas!" (who had been thrown in prison because of a certain insurrection that had taken place in the city, and for murder). And Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again, but they kept crying out, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!" So he said to them a third time, "Why? What wrong has this man done? I found no basis for an accusation deserving death in him. Therefore I will punish him and release him." But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he be crucified. And their cries prevailed. And Pilate decided that their demand should be granted. And he released the one who had been thrown into prison because of insurrection and murder, whom they were asking for, but Jesus he handed over to their will. And as they led him away, they seized Simon, a certain man of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and placed the cross on him, to carry it behind Jesus. And a great crowd of the people were following him, and of women who were mourning and lamenting him. But turning to them, Jesus said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children! For behold, days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that did not give birth, and the breasts that did not nurse!' Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!' and to the hills, ‘Cover us!' For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?" And two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him. And when they came to the place that is called "The Skull," there they crucified him, and the criminals, the one on his right and the other on his left. [[But Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."]] And they cast lots to divide his clothes. And the people stood there watching, but the rulers also ridiculed him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if this man is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!" And the soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine and saying, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!" And there was also an inscription over him, "This is the king of the Jews." And one of the criminals who were hanged there reviled him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself—and us!" But the other answered and rebuked him, saying, "Do you not even fear God, because you are undergoing the same condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for what we have done. But this man has done nothing wrong!" And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom!" And he said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise." And by this time it was about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour because the light of the sun failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn apart down the middle. And Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit!" And after he said this, he expired. Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he began to praise God, saying, "Certainly this man was righteous!" And all the crowds that had come together for this spectacle, when they saw the things that had happened, returned home beating their breasts. And all his acquaintances, and the women who had followed him from Galilee who saw these things, stood at a distance. And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man (this man was not consenting to their plan and deed), from Arimathea, a Judean town, who was looking forward to the kingdom of God. This man approached Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. And he took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth and placed him in a tomb cut into the rock where no one had ever been placed. And it was the day of preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near. And the women who had been accompanying him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was placed. And they returned and prepared fragrant spices and perfumes, and on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. 17Jesus Brought Before Pilate And the whole assembly of them rose up and brought him before Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying he himself is Christ, a king!" And Pilate asked him, saying, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And he answered him and said, "You say so." So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no basis for an accusation against this man." But they insisted, saying, "He incites the people, teaching throughout the whole of Judea and beginning from Galilee as far as here." Now when Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean. And when he found out that he was from the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him over to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem in those days. And when Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see some miracle performed by him. So he questioned him at considerable length, but he answered nothing to him. And the chief priests and the scribes were standing there vehemently accusing him. And Herod with his soldiers also treated him with contempt, and after mocking him and dressing him in glistening clothing, he sent him back to Pilate. And both Herod and Pilate became friends with one another on that same day, for they had previously been enemies of one another. So Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people, and behold, when I examined him before you, I found nothing in this man as basis for the accusation which you are making against him. But neither did Herod, because he sent him back to us. And behold, nothing deserving death has been done by him. Therefore I will punish him and release him." 18 But they all cried out in unison, saying, "Take this man away, and release for us Barabbas!" 19 (who had been thrown in prison because of a certain insurrection that had taken place in the city, and for murder). 20 And Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again, 21 but they kept crying out, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!" 22 So he said to them a third time, "Why? What wrong has this man done? I found no basis for an accusation deserving death in him. Therefore I will punish him and release him."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Pilate: Matthew 27:26, Mark 15:15, John 19:1

gave sentence: or, assented, Exodus 23:2, Proverbs 17:15

it: Exodus 23:2

Reciprocal: Mark 15:14 - And Luke 3:1 - Pontius Pilate John 19:16 - General Acts 24:27 - willing

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 27:26.


 
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