21 Bible Verses about People Releasing Others

But have me in thy remembrance when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.

And by thy sword thou shall live, and thou shall serve thy brother. And it shall come to pass, when thou shall break loose, that thou shall shake his yoke from off thy neck.

And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. And if I be bereaved of my sons, I am bereaved.

And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks. And he said, I will not let thee go unless thou bless me.

Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

The captive exile shall speedily be loosed, and he shall not die in the pit, nor shall his bread fail.

Pilate therefore says to him, Thou do not speak to me? Know thou not that I have authority to crucify thee, and I have authority to release thee?

Now during a feast the governor had been accustomed to release to the crowd one prisoner whom they wanted.

Now during a feast he released to them one prisoner, whomever they requested.

But there is a custom for you that I should release to you one man at the Passover. Do ye wish therefore I would release to you the king of the Jews?

Again therefore Pilate called out wanting to release Jesus,

When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom do ye want I should release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?

Now the governor having answered, he said to them, Which of the two do ye want I would release to you? And they said, Barabbas.

And Pilate answered them, saying, Do ye wish that I would release to you the king of the Jews?

Therefore, having scourged I will release him.

And he said to them a third time, For what evil did this man do? I have found nothing guilty of death in him. I will therefore, having scourged, release him.

From this Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou release this man, thou are not Caesar's friend. Every man who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.

whom, having also arrested, he put in prison, having delivered to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.

And Agrippa said to Festus, This man could have been released, if he had not appealed Caesar.

who, after examining me, wanted to release me, because there was not one cause of death in me.

Women took hold of their dead from a resurrection, but others were tortured, not having accepted deliverance, so that they might experience a superior resurrection.