I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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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Quick answer
Pilate proposed to punish Jesus and then release Him. This compromise reveals Pilate's weakness in seeking to appease the crowd rather than uphold justice.
Overview
Having declared Jesus innocent, Pilate inconsistently offers to scourge Him before release, hoping to satisfy the mob. This attempt at compromise fails and exposes the cowardice that yields to pressure against conscience. Christ, though innocent, willingly walks the path of suffering, for it is by His stripes that we are healed (Isaiah 53:5).
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Cross-references · 7
- Matt 27:26Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
- Luke 23:22And 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.
- Mark 15:15And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
- Acts 5:40–41And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
- John 19:1–4Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
- Acts 16:37But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
- Isa 53:5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
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