Quotes About Release

So when the crowd had assembled, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”

“Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they replied.

So Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.

At this, the unclean spirit threw the man into convulsions and came out with a loud shriek.

Immediately the manís ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.

Now it was Pilateís custom at the feast to release to the people a prisoner of their choosing.

“Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” Pilate asked.

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead.

Immediately Zechariahís mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.

“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

Therefore I will punish Him and release Him.”

But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”

Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again,

A third time he said to them, “What evil has this man done? I have found in Him no offense worthy of death. So after I punish Him, I will release Him.”

As they had requested, he released the one imprisoned for insurrection and murder, and handed Jesus over to their will.

The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.

But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”

On their release, Peter and John returned to their own people and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyoneís chains came loose.

When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers with the order: “Release those men.”

The jailer informed Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders to release you. Now you may go on your way in peace.”

And they collected bond from Jason and the others, and then released them.

And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”