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Luke 23:16

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I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
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  1. Matthew 27:26Rank 1 from verse 16
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    26¶ Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

  2. Luke 23:22Rank 2 from verse 16
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    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.

  3. Mark 15:15Rank 3 from verse 16
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    15¶ And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

  4. Acts 16:37Rank 4 from verse 16
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    37But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.

  5. Acts 5:40–41Rank 5 from verse 16
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    40And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

    41¶ And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

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Luke 23:16

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release

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604

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15No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.

16I will therefore chastise him, and release him.

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17(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)

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