“He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Luke 23 contains 56 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.