Luke 23:20

Modern

Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again,

Traditional

Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.

Literal

Therefore Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, called to them again.

Latin

Iterum autem Pilatus locutus est ad eos, volens dimittere Jesum.

Greek

English

Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again,

Theme notes and profiles

Mark 15:15
And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
Matthew 27:19
While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”
Matthew 14:8–9
Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
John 19:12
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.”

Jesus: The Son of God and Savior of the world Pilate: Roman governor who presided over Jesus' trial