21 Bible Verses about People Releasing Others

But think on me with thee, when thou art in good case, and show mercy unto me. And make mention of me to Pharaoh, and help to bring me out of this house:

And with thy sword shalt thou live and shalt be thy brother's servant; But the time will come, when thou shalt get the mastery, and loose his yoke from off thy neck."

And God almighty give you mercy in the sight of the man and send you your other brother and also Benjamin, and I will be as a man robbed of his children."

And he said, "Let me go, for the day breaketh." And he said, "I will not let thee go, except thou bless me."

Or is not this rather the fast that I have chosen? To loose wicked bonds, and to unbind bundles of oppression? And to let the bruised go free? And that ye should break all manner yokes?

It cometh on fast, it maketh haste to appear: It shall not perish, that it should not be able to destroy, neither shall it fail for fault of nourishing.

Then said Pilate unto him, "Speakest thou not unto me? Knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to loose thee?"

At that feast, the deputy was wont to deliver unto the people a prisoner whom they would desire.

At that feast Pilate was wont to deliver at their pleasure a prisoner: whomsoever they would desire.

Ye have a custom among you, that I should deliver you one loose at Easter. Will ye that I loose unto you the King of the Jews?"

Pilate spake again to them, willing to let Jesus loose.

And when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, "Whether will ye that I give loose unto you: Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?"

Then the deputy answered and said unto them, "Whether of the twain will ye that I let loose unto you?" And they said, "Barabbas."

Pilate answered them, and said, "Will ye that I loose unto you the King of the Jews?"

I will therefore chasten him, and let him loose."

He said unto them the third time, "What evil hath he done? I find no cause of death in him. I will therefore chasten him, and let him go loose."

And from thenceforth sought Pilate means to loose him: but the Jews cried, saying, "If thou let him go, thou art not Caesar's friend. For whosoever maketh himself a King, is against Caesar."

And when he had caught him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to be kept, intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

Then said Agrippa unto Festus, "This man might have been loosed if he had not appealed unto Caesar."

Which, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because they found no cause of death in me.

And the women received their dead raised to life again. Others were racked, and would not be delivered, that they might receive a better resurrection.