Luke 23:20

New Revised Standard

Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again,

King James Version (1611)
Pilate therefore willing to release Iesus, spake againe to them:

King James Version
Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.

English Standard Version
Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus,

New American Standard Bible
But Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again,

New Century Version
Pilate wanted to let Jesus go free and told this to the crowd.

Amplified Bible
Pilate addressed them again, wanting to release Jesus,

Legacy Standard Bible
But again Pilate addressed them, wanting to release Jesus,

Berean Standard Bible
Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again,

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

Complete Jewish Bible
Pilate appealed to them again, because he wanted to release Yeshua.

Darby Translation
Pilate therefore, desirous to release Jesus, again addressed [them].

Easy-to-Read Version
Pilate wanted to let Jesus go free. So again Pilate told them that he would let him go.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Pilate spake againe to them, willing to let Iesus loose.

George Lamsa Translation
Again Pilate spoke to them, desiring to release Jesus.

Good News Translation
Pilate wanted to set Jesus free, so he appealed to the crowd again.

Lexham English Bible
And Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again,

Literal Translation
Then Pilate again called out, desiring to release Jesus.

American Standard Version
And Pilate spake unto them again, desiring to release Jesus;

Bible in Basic English
And Pilate again said to them that it was his desire to let Jesus go free.

Hebrew Names Version
Then Pilate spoke to them again, desiring to release Yeshua,

International Standard Version
But Pilate wanted to let Jesus go, so he appealed to them again,

Etheridge Translation
But Pilatos spake with them again, being willing to release Jeshu.

Murdock Translation
And Pilate, being disposed to release Jesus, conversed with them again.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Pilate spake agayne to them, wyllyng to let Iesus loose.

English Revised Version
And Pilate spake unto them again, desiring to release Jesus;

World English Bible
Then Pilate spoke to them again, desiring to release Jesus,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Pilate desiring to release Jesus, spake again to them.

Weymouth's New Testament
But Pilate once more addressed them, wishing to set Jesus free.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And eftsoone Pilat spak to hem, and wolde delyuer Jhesu.

Update Bible Version
And Pilate spoke to them again, desiring to release Jesus;

Webster's Bible Translation
Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spoke again to them.

New English Translation
Pilate addressed them once again because he wanted to release Jesus.

New King James Version
Pilate, therefore, wishing to release Jesus, again called out to them.

New Living Translation
Pilate argued with them, because he wanted to release Jesus.

New Life Bible
Pilate wanted to let Jesus go free so he talked to them again.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Again, however, Pilate, called out unto them, wishing to release Jesus.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Pilate again spoke to them, desiring to release Jesus.

Revised Standard Version
Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Pylate spake agayne to them willynge to let Iesus lowse.

Young's Literal Translation
Pilate again then -- wishing to release Jesus -- called to them,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then called Pilate vnto them agayne, & wolde haue let Iesus lowse.

Mace New Testament (1729)
Pilate therefore, desirous to release Jesus, expostulated with them again.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Pilate couldn't believe what he was hearing and tried to talk sense into them.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again,

Contextual Overview

¹³ Pilate then called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people, ¹⁴ and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was perverting the people; and here I have examined him in your presence and have not found this man guilty of any of your charges against him. ¹⁵ Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us. Indeed, he has done nothing to deserve death. ¹⁶ I will therefore have him flogged and release him." Then they all shouted out together, "Away with this fellow! Release Barabbas for us!" (This was a man who had been put in prison for an insurrection that had taken place in the city, and for murder.) Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again; but they kept shouting, "Crucify, crucify him!" A third time he said to them, "Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no ground for the sentence of death; I will therefore have him flogged and then release him." But they kept urgently demanding with loud shouts that he should be crucified; and their voices prevailed. So Pilate gave his verdict that their demand should be granted. He released the man they asked for, the one who had been put in prison for insurrection and murder, and he handed Jesus over as they wished. As they led him away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and they laid the cross on him, and made him carry it behind Jesus. A great number of the people followed him, and among them were women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him. But Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. For the days are surely coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.' Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us'; and to the hills, ‘Cover us.' For if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?" Two others also, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him. When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. [[Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing."]] And they cast lots to divide his clothing. And the people stood by, watching; but the leaders scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!" The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine, and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!" There was also an inscription over him, "This is the King of the Jews." One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!" But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong." Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." He replied, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise." It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, while the sun's light failed; and the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit." Having said this, he breathed his last. When the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God and said, "Certainly this man was innocent." And when all the crowds who had gathered there for this spectacle saw what had taken place, they returned home, beating their breasts. But all his acquaintances, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things. Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph, who, though a member of the council, had not agreed to their plan and action. He came from the Jewish town of Arimathea, and he was waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God. This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid it in a rock-hewn tomb where no one had ever been laid. It was the day of Preparation, and the sabbath was beginning. The women who had come with him from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid. Then they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the sabbath they rested according to the commandment. ¹⁷Jesus before Pilate Then the assembly rose as a body and brought Jesus before Pilate. They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to the emperor, and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king." Then Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He answered, "You say so." Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no basis for an accusation against this man." But they were insistent and said, "He stirs up the people by teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where he began even to this place." When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean. And when he learned that he was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him off to Herod, who was himself in Jerusalem at that time. 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 him perform some sign. He questioned him at some length, but Jesus gave him no answer. The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him. Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him; then he put an elegant robe on him, and sent him back to Pilate. That same day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other; before this they had been enemies. Pilate then called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people, and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was perverting the people; and here I have examined him in your presence and have not found this man guilty of any of your charges against him. Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us. Indeed, he has done nothing to deserve death. I will therefore have him flogged and release him." ¹⁸ Then they all shouted out together, "Away with this fellow! Release Barabbas for us!" ¹⁹ (This was a man who had been put in prison for an insurrection that had taken place in the city, and for murder.) ²⁰ Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again; ²¹ but they kept shouting, "Crucify, crucify him!" ²² A third time he said to them, "Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no ground for the sentence of death; I will therefore have him flogged and then release him."

Bible Verse Review
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Matthew 14:8, Matthew 14:9, Matthew 27:19, Mark 15:15, John 19:12

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 15:24 - I feared Proverbs 24:2 - General Matthew 27:22 - What Mark 15:12 - What Luke 23:22 - Why John 18:39 - ye have

Cross-References

Genesis 23:7
Abraham rose and bowed to the Hittites, the people of the land.

Genesis 23:10
Now Ephron was sitting among the Hittites; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the Hittites, of all who went in at the gate of his city,

Genesis 23:14
Ephron answered Abraham,

Genesis 25:9
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre,

Genesis 50:5
My father made me swear an oath; he said, ‘I am about to die. In the tomb that I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.' Now therefore let me go up, so that I may bury my father; then I will return."

Genesis 50:13
They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpelah, the field near Mamre, which Abraham bought as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite.

2 Samuel 24:24
But the king said to Araunah, "No, but I will buy them from you for a price; I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

2 Kings 21:18
Manasseh slept with his ancestors, and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza. His son Amon succeeded him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Pilate therefore willing to release Jesus,.... Being more and more convinced of his innocence; and still seeing more clearly into the wickedness, malice, and envy of his accusers; and having received a message from his wife:

spake again to them; putting it again to them, which he should release; asking them what he should do with Jesus; plainly signifying his mind, that he thought him innocent, and that it would be right to let him go. The Ethiopic version represents him, saying, "will ye that I save for you, or release to you the Lord Jesus?"

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 27:20-23.