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Luke 23:21 KJV
Luke · chapter 23 · verse 21
But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.Luke 23:21 · King James Version
Luke 23:21 in context
19(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
20Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
21But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.
22And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
23And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Crucifystauroōto stake, drive down stakes, to fortify with driven stakes, to palisade, to crucify, to…G4717 →
- sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- criedepiphōneōto call out to, shoutG2019 →
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We have here the blessed Jesus run down by the mob, and hurried to the cross in the storm of a popular noise and tumult, raised by the malice and artifice of the chief priests, as agents for the prince of the power of the air. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-25