'Release' in the Bible

Now [when it] was evening, the disciples came to him saying, "The place is desolate and the hour {is late}. Release the crowds so that they can go away into the villages [and] purchase food for themselves."

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

"Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will be released in heaven.

Now at each feast, the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd--the one whom 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 Christ?"

So the governor answered [and] said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" And they said, "Barabbas!"

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

But the chief priests incited the crowd so that he would release for them Barabbas instead.

"The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because of which he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send out in freedom those who are oppressed,

Therefore I will punish him [and] release [him]."

But they all cried out in unison, saying, "Take this man away, and release for us Barabbas!"

And Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed [them] again,

So he said to them a third [time], "Why? What wrong has this man done? I found no basis for an accusation {deserving death} in him. Therefore I will punish him [and] release [him]."

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

So Pilate said to him, "Will you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you, and I have authority to crucify you?"

From this [point on] Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews shouted, saying, "If you release this man, you are not a friend of Caesar! Everyone who makes himself out to be a king opposes Caesar!"

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

And [when it] was day, the chief magistrates sent the police officers, saying, "Release those men."

But Paul said to them, "They beat us in public without due process--men who are Roman citizens--[and] threw [us] into prison, and now they are wanting to release us secretly? Certainly not! Rather let them come themselves [and] bring us out!"

who, [when they] had examined me, were wanting to release [me], because there was no basis for an accusation [worthy] of death with me.

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek release. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

Women received back their dead by resurrection. But others were tortured, not accepting release, in order that they might gain a better resurrection.

saying to the sixth angel, the one who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who have been bound at the great river Euphrates!"