KJV dictionary & concordance
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of release. Sense 1: To set a person free from custody or restraint. Sense 2: To remit or cease exacting a debt or obligation.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Matthew 27:26
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
¶ Then released hee Barabbas vnto them, and when he had scourged Iesus, he deliuered him to be crucified.
Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
Now at that Feast he released vnto them one prisoner, whomsoeuer they desired.
¶ And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
¶ And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas vnto them, and deliuered Iesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
And 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.
And he released vnto them, him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired, but he deliuered Iesus to their will.
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