'Released' in the Bible

When Pharaoh released the people, God did not lead them by the way to the land of the Philistines, although that was nearby, for God said, "Lest the people change their minds and return to Egypt when they experience war."

When it was reported to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people, and the king and his servants said, "What in the world have we done? For we have released the people of Israel from serving us!"

The prophet then said to him, "This is what the Lord says, 'Because you released a man I had determined should die, you will pay with your life and your people will suffer instead of his people.'"

In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, King Evil-Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison.

So the soldiers released the captives and the plunder before the officials and the entire assembly.

Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey,

It said: "I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were released from holding the basket.

The one who suffers will soon be released; he will not die in prison, he will not go hungry.

But the next day Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks. When he did, Jeremiah said to him, "The Lord's name for you is not 'Pashhur' but 'Terror is Everywhere.'

In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, Evil-Merodach, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison.

But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.

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.

The lord had compassion on that slave and released him, and forgave him the debt.

Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.

Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them. Then, after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.

Immediately Zechariah's mouth was opened and his tongue released, and he spoke, blessing God.

Then shouldn't this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be released from this imprisonment on the Sabbath day?"

He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

But God raised him up, having released him from the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.

But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.

After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened.

When they were released, Peter and John went to their fellow believers and reported everything the high priests and the elders had said to them.

and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.

After the city officials had received bail from Jason and the others, they released them.

The next day, because the commanding officer wanted to know the true reason Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council to assemble. He then brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar."

For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage.

But now we have been released from the law, because we have died to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code.

The one bound to a wife should not seek divorce. The one released from a wife should not seek marriage.

You should know that our brother Timothy has been released. If he comes soon, he will be with me when I see you.

The angel then threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished. (After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.)

Now when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison