15 Bible Verses about People Releasing Others

Pilate saith to him, Dost thou not speak to me? Dost thou not know that I have power to release thee, and have power to crucify thee?

Now at the feast the governor was wont to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they would.

Now at the feast he was wont to release to them one prisoner, whom they might ask.

But ye have a custom that I should release to you one at the passover: do ye desire, therefore, that I release to you the king of the Jews?

But Pilate again spoke to them, wishing to release Jesus.

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

And the governor answering said to them, Which of the two will ye that I release to you? And they said, Barabbas.

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

I will therefore chastise, and release him.

And he said to them the third time, Why, what evil hath this man done? I have found him guilty of nothing deserving death; I will therefore chastise, and release him.

From this time Pilate sought to release him. But the Jews cried out, saying, If thou release this man, thou art not a friend of Caesar. Every one that maketh himself a king, setteth himself against Caesar.

and he seized him and 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.

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

who, when they had examined me, wished to release me, because I had done nothing deserving death.

Women received back their dead by a resurrection; but others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection;