LUKE—NOTE ON Luke 23:18 they. The chief priests, the rulers, and the people who have been stirred up by them. Away with this man, and release... Barabbas assumes knowledge of the custom of releasing a prisoner at the Passover (see Matthew 27:15; Mark 15:6; and the esv footnote on Luke 23:16). “Away with him” essentially means “crucify him” (compare John 19:15; see also Luke 23:21). Barabbas was a notorious criminal who had committed robbery, treason, and murder.

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