21 Bible Verses about People Releasing Others

But remember me when it is well with you, and please show kindness to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.

And by your sword you shall live, and shall serve your brother. And it shall be when you shall have the dominion, you shall break his yoke from off your neck.

And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, so that he may send away your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved, I am bereaved.

And He said, Let Me go, for the day breaks. And he said, I will not let You go except You bless me.

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed ones go free, and that you break every yoke?

Bowed he hurries to be freed, and not that he should die in the pit, nor that he lack his bread.

Then Pilate said to him, Do you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to crucify you, and I have authority to release you?

Now at that feast the governor was accustomed to release to the people a prisoner, whomever they desired.

And at that feast he released to them one prisoner, whomever they desired.

But you have a custom that I should release one to you at the Passover. Then do you desire that I release to you the king of the Jews?

And Pilate, willing to release Jesus, spoke again to them.

Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom do you desire that I release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?

The governor answered and said to them, Which of the two do you desire that I release to you? They said, Barabbas.

But Pilate answered them, saying, Do you desire that I release to you the King of the Jews?

Therefore I will chastise Him and release Him.

And he said to them the third time, Why? What evil has He done? I have found no cause of death in Him, therefore I will chastise Him and let Him go.

From this time, Pilate sought to release Him. But the Jews cried out, saying, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend. Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.

And capturing him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four sets of four soldiers to keep him; intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been set at liberty if he had not appealed to Caesar.

who, examining me, were of a mind to let me go because there was no cause of death in me.

Women received their dead raised to life again, and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.