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Updated Bible Version

Luke 23:20

And Pilate spoke to them again, desiring to release Jesus;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Barabbas;   Complicity;   Demagogism;   Jesus, the Christ;   Opinion, Public;   Politics;   Priest;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Pilate or Pontius Pilate;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Crucifixion;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Exhortation;   Humiliation of Christ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Capital Punishment;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Barabbas;   Gospels, Apocryphal;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Barabbas ;   Trial of Jesus;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jesus Christ, the Arrest and Trial of;   Pilate, Pontius;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Barabbas;  

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.
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.
New Revised Standard
Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed 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 And Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, 14 and said to them, You brought to me this man, as one that perverts the people: and look, I having examined him before you, found no fault in this man concerning those things whereof you accuse him: 15 no, nor yet Herod: for he sent him back to us; and look, nothing worthy of death has been done by him. 16 I will therefore chastise him, and release him. 18 But they cried out all together, saying, Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas:- 19 one who for a certain insurrection made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison. 20 And Pilate spoke to them again, desiring to release Jesus; 21 but they shouted, saying, Crucify, crucify him. 22 And he said to them the third time, Why, what evil has this man done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him and release him. 23 But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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
And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the sons of Heth.
Genesis 23:10
Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the sons of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
Genesis 23:14
And Ephron answered Abraham, saying,
Genesis 25:9
And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre.
Genesis 50:5
My father made me swear, saying, Look, I die: in my grave which I have dug for me in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father, and I will come again.
Genesis 50:13
for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
2 Samuel 24:24
And the king said to Araunah, No; but I will truly buy it of you at a price. Neither will I offer burnt-offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
2 Kings 21:18
And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

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.


 
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