15 Bible Verses about People Releasing Others

Pilate therefore saith unto Him, Dost thou not speak to me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?

Now the governor used at the feast to release a prisoner to the people, whomsoever they desired:

Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired:

and saith unto them, I find no fault at all in Him. 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 spake to them again, being desirous to release Jesus.

Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you?

And the governor said to them, Which of the two would you have me release to you? and they said, Barabbas.

But Pilate answered them, saying, Would ye have me release to you the king of the Jews?

I will therefore chastise Him, and so release Him.

And he said to them a third time, what evil hath He done? I have found nothing in Him deserving death: I will therefore chastise Him, and let Him go.

Upon this Pilate sought to release Him; but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou release this man, thou art not Cesar's friend; for whosoever maketh himself a king, opposeth Cesar.

whom he seized and put into prison, delivering him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending, after the passover, to bring him out to the people.

And Agrippa said 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 set me at liberty, because there was no crime worthy of death found in me:

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