21 Bible Verses about People Releasing Others

But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness to me, I pray thee, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother: and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

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

And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh; And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou 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 go free, and that ye break every yoke?

The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

Then saith Pilate to him, Speakest thou not to me? knowest thou not, that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?

Now at that feast, the governor was wont to release to the people a prisoner, whom they would.

Now at that feast he released to them one prisoner, whom they desired.

But ye have a custom that I should release to you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release to you the King of the Jews?

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

Therefore when they were assembled, Pilate said to them, Whom will ye that I release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?

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

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

I will therefore chastise him, and release him.

And he said to them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him; I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.

And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Cesar's friend. Whoever maketh himself a king, speaketh against Cesar.

And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after the passover to bring him forth to the people.

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

Who when they had examined me, would have 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: