But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 15:11 · retained source text
But the chiefe Priests mooued the people, that hee should rather release Barabbas vnto them.
KJV dictionary & concordance
release
Meaning of “release”
1. To set a person free from custody or restraint. 2. To remit or cease exacting a debt or obligation. 3. The act or appointed year of such remission.
Definition sources
KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604
21 occurrences18 verses6 booksKJV PCE
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Deuteronomy 15:1
Complete exact-word concordance
Every verse containing “release”
I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 23:16 · retained source text
I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 23:17 · retained source text
For of necessitie hee must release one vnto them at the Feast.
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 23:18 · retained source text
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release vnto vs Barabbas,
Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 23:20 · retained source text
Pilate therefore willing to release Iesus, spake againe to them:
But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · John 18:39 · retained source text
But yee haue a custome that I should release vnto you one at the Passeouer: will ye therefore that I release vnto you the king of the Iewes?
1611 marginal noteMatth. 27.15.
Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 19:10 · retained source text
Then saith Pilate vnto him, Speakest thou not vnto me? Knowest thou not, that I haue power to crucifie thee, and haue power to release thee?
And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Cæsar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cæsar.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 19:12 · retained source text
And from thencefore Pilate sought to release him: but the Iewes cried out, saying, If thou let this man goe, thou art not Cesars friend: whosoeuer maketh himselfe a king, speaketh against Cesar.
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