Luke 23:20
New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them."
Word-by-Word Analysis
Πιλᾶτος
Pilâtos
close-pressed, i.e. firm; Pilatus, a Roman
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
אָבָה
ʼâbâh
to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent
שָׁמַט
shâmaṭ
to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁמַט shâmaṭ
to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit
Study H8058 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Study G2424 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →Cross References
And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
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