'Release' in the Bible

Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the people any one prisoner whom they wanted.

So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”

But the governor said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas.”

Now at the feast he used to release for them any one prisoner whom they requested.

Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?”

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead.

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor.He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives,And recovery of sight to the blind,To set free those who are oppressed,

Therefore I will punish Him and release Him.”

[Now he was obliged to release to them at the feast one prisoner.]

But they cried out all together, saying, “Away with this man, and release for us Barabbas!”

Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again,

And he said to them the third time, “Why, what evil has this man done? I have found in Him no guilt demanding death; therefore I will punish Him and release Him.”

But you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release for you the King of the Jews?”

So Pilate *said to Him, “You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?”

As a result of this Pilate made efforts to release Him, but the Jews cried out saying, “If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king opposes Caesar.”

The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, the one whom you delivered and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him.

Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their policemen, saying, “Release those men.”

And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The chief magistrates have sent to release you. Therefore come out now and go in peace.”

And when they had examined me, they were willing to release me because there was no ground for putting me to death.

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

one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”