'Release' in the Bible

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven."

"I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.

During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whomever they wanted.

So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?"

The governor asked them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" And they said, "Barabbas!"

During the feast it was customary to release one prisoner to the people, whomever they requested.

Then the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to release a prisoner for them, as was his custom.

So Pilate asked them, "Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you?"

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas instead.

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,

I will therefore have him flogged and release him."

But they all shouted out together, "Take this man away! Release Barabbas for us!"

Pilate addressed them once again because he wanted to release Jesus.

A third time he said to them, "Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. I will therefore flog him and release him."

But it is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?"

So Pilate said, "Do you refuse to speak to me? Don't you know I have the authority to release you, and to crucify you?"

From this point on, Pilate tried to release him. But the Jewish leaders shouted out, "If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar! Everyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar!"

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him.

At daybreak the magistrates sent their police officers, saying, "Release those men."

The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The magistrates have sent orders to release you. So come out now and go in peace."

When they had heard my case, they wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.

and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life.