15 Bible Verses about People Releasing Others

Then Pilate said to Him, "Are you not going to speak to me? Do you not know that I have the authority to release you or to crucify you?"

Now at the [Passover] Festival, the governor was accustomed to releasing whatever prisoner the crowd wanted.

Now at the Passover Festival Pilate customarily released whatever prisoner the people asked him to.

But since you [Jews] have a custom that I should release to you one [prisoner] during the Passover Festival, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

Then Pilate spoke to them again [because] he wanted to release Jesus,

Therefore, when the people had gathered together, Pilate asked them, "Whom do you want me to release, Barabbas or Jesus, who is called 'Christ'?"

But the governor asked them, "Which one of these two men do you want me to release to you?" And they answered, "Barabbas."

Pilate answered them, "Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews [i.e., Jesus]?"

Therefore, I will have him punished and [then] release him." {{Some ancient manuscripts include verse

So, Pilate called out to them a third time, "Why [should he be crucified]; what wrong has this man done? I have not found any reason for putting him to death, so I will punish him and [then] release him."

After [hearing] this, Pilate tried to release Jesus, but the Jews shouted out, "If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar's. Everyone who claims to be a king [i.e., as they had accused Jesus of doing. See 18:37] is in opposition to Caesar."

So, Peter was arrested and put in jail with four groups of four soldiers each guarding him. Herod planned to have him brought before the people after the Passover Festival was over.

Then Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been released if he had not appealed [his case] to Caesar."

After questioning me, they wanted to release me because they could not find any grounds for sentencing me to death.

Women received their dead [loved ones] back to life. Others were tortured but refused to be rescued, so they could obtain a better resurrection.