I will therefore chastise him and release him.”
Parallel translations
- KJV I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
- BSB Therefore I will punish Him and release Him.”
- NKJV I will therefore chastise Him and release Him”
- NASB Therefore I will punish Him and release Him.”
- NLT So I will have him flogged, and then I will release him.”
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Cross-references · 7
- Matt 27:26Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.
- Luke 23:22He said to them the third time, “Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him.”
- Mark 15:15Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.
- Acts 5:40–41They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
- John 19:1–4So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him.
- Acts 16:37But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly, without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!”
- Isa 53:5But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.
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