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Luke 23:18

Luke 23:18
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And they cried out all at once,.... The chief priests, rulers, and people, not bearing to hear of a release of him, now they had got him in their hands; and enraged at the proposal, in a most…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Away with this man - That is, Put him to death - αιρε τουτον, literally, Take this one away, i.e. to punishment - to death.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Luke 23:13-25

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

all at once If we read pletheifor pamplethei, the meaning will be that -they (the priests) called aloud to themultitude," as in Mat 27:20. The choice of Barabbas by the mob was not spontaneous; it was…

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