'Release' in the Bible

Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

[For according to the festival he had to release someone to them.]

Then they all cried out together, “Take this man away! Release Barabbas to us!”

Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again,

A third time he said to them, “Why? What has this man done wrong? I have found in Him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”