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Luke 23:24 KJV
Luke · chapter 23 · verse 24
And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.Luke 23:24 · King James Version
Luke 23:24 in context
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.
24And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
25And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
26And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sentenceepikrinōto adjudge, approve by one s decision, decree, give sentenceG1948 →
- PilatepilatosPilate = "armed with a spear", the sixth Roman procurator of Judah and Samaria who…G4091 →
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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