to set free

to let go, dismiss, (to detain no longer)

1. a petitioner to whom liberty to depart is given by a decisive answer

2. to bid depart, send away

to let go free, release

1. a captive i.e. to loose his bonds and bid him depart, to give him liberty to depart

2. to acquit one accused of a crime and set him at liberty

3. indulgently to grant a prisoner leave to depart

4. to release a debtor, i.e. not to press one's claim against him, to remit his debt

used of divorce, to dismiss from the house, to repudiate. The wife of a Greek or Roman may divorce her husband.

to send one's self away, to depart

himself, herself, themselves, itself

he, she, it

the same

Barabbas = "son of a father or master"

1. the captive robber whom the Jews begged Pilate to release instead of Christ

to will deliberately, have a purpose, be minded

of willing as an affection, to desire

but, moreover, and, etc.

Jesus = "Jehovah is salvation"

1. Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind, God incarnate

2. Jesus Barabbas was the captive robber whom the Jews begged Pilate to release instead of Christ

3. Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses' successor (Ac. 7:45, Heb. 4:8)

4. Jesus, son of Eliezer, one of the ancestors of Christ (Lu. 3:29)

5. Jesus, surnamed Justus, a Jewish Christian, an associate with Paul in the preaching of the gospel (Col. 4:11)

sufficient

1. many enough, enough

2. sufficient in ability, i.e. meet, fit

that, in order that, so that

and, also, even, indeed, but

this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than "the" counted

a crowd

1. a casual collection of people

   1. a multitude of men who have flocked together in some place

   2. a throng

2. a multitude

   1. the common people, as opposed to the rulers and leading men

   2. with contempt: the ignorant multitude, the populace

3. a multitude

   1. the multitudes, seems to denote troops of people gathered together without order

to give into the hands (of another)

to give over into (one's) power or use

1. to deliver to one something to keep, use, take care of, manage

2. to deliver up one to custody, to be judged, condemned, punished, scourged, tormented, put to death

3. to deliver up treacherously

   1. by betrayal to cause one to be taken

   2. to deliver one to be taught, moulded

to commit, to commend

to deliver verbally

1. commands, rites

2. to deliver by narrating, to report

to permit allow

1. when the fruit will allow that is when its ripeness permits

2. gives itself up, presents itself

Pilate = "armed with a spear"

1. the sixth Roman procurator of Judah and Samaria who ordered Christ to be crucified

to make

1. with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc.

2. to be the authors of, the cause

3. to make ready, to prepare

4. to produce, bear, shoot forth

5. to acquire, to provide a thing for one's self

6. to make a thing out of something

7. to (make i.e.) render one anything

   1. to (make i.e.) constitute or appoint one anything, to appoint or ordain one that

   2. to (make i.e.) declare one anything

8. to put one forth, to lead him out

9. to make one do something

   1. cause one to

10. to be the authors of a thing (to cause, bring about)

to do

1. to act rightly, do well

   1. to carry out, to execute

2. to do a thing unto one

   1. to do to one

3. with designation of time: to pass, spend

4. to celebrate, keep

   1. to make ready, and so at the same time to institute, the celebration of the passover

5. to perform: to a promise

to stake, drive down stakes

to fortify with driven stakes, to palisade

to crucify

1. to crucify one

2. metaph. to crucify the flesh, destroy its power utterly (the nature of the figure implying that the destruction is attended with intense pain)

to scourge