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Luke 23:23–24

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And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
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From verse 23

  1. Zechariah 11:8Rank 1 from verse 23
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    8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

  2. Psalms 57:4Rank 2 from verse 23
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    4My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

  3. Luke 23:5Rank 3 from verse 23
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    5And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.

  4. Psalms 22:12–13Rank 4 from verse 23
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    12Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

    13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

From verse 24

  1. Matthew 27:26Rank 1 from verse 24
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    26¶ Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

  2. Proverbs 17:15Rank 2 from verse 24
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    15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.

  3. Exodus 23:2Rank 3 from verse 24
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    2¶ Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

  4. Mark 15:15Rank 4 from verse 24
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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.

  5. John 19:1Rank 5 from verse 24
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    1THEN Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.

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Luke 23:23

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instant

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Sense 1: A moment or precise point of time. Sense 2: Urgent, pressing, persistent, or ready.

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might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

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crucified

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1. Put to death by being fastened to a cross. 2. By figure, treated as crucified or put to death in relation to sin.

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COMBINED MEANING

chief

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1. First, principal, highest, leading, greatest, most excellent, most important, or most responsible in rank, order, degree, value, or guilt. 2. A leader, head, principal ruler, officer, or principal member of a group.

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priests

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Persons set apart to religious service, sanctuary duty, sacrifice, intercession, teaching, or representation before a deity.

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Luke 23:24

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gave

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1. Bestowed, delivered, or granted. 2. Caused or appointed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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sentence

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A judgment, decision, or decree pronounced by one having authority, especially a condemning judgment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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required

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Past-tense or past-participial form of require (to ask, demand, call for, or hold someone accountable for what is due).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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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.

23And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.

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24And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.

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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.

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