Requiring that Jesus be Crucified - Luke 23:23

Luke the beloved physician wrote how Pilate said of Jesus, “I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof you accuse him. No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. I will therefore chastise him, and release him. (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.) And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas. (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spoke again to them. But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil has he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go”, and in chapter twenty-three and verse twenty-three of his book Luke shared how the crowd was, “instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified” where we read:

And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified.

And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.

The verse reads, “And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified.” Luke began with the words, “and they were instant” or “and the religious leaders and multitude were pressured with a violent tempest, pressed upon and urgent” “with loud voices” which means “using great, massive and abundant sounds and tones of uttered words”, “requiring that he might be crucified” or “asking, begging, craving and desiring that Jesus would be fortified with driven stakes, palisade, extinguished and impaled on the cross”. Luke shared how the “religious leaders and multitude” immediately responded to “Pilate's third appeal” by demanding that Jesus be “crucified”.

The verse continues, “And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.” Luke added the words, “and the voices of them” which means “and the sounds and tones of uttered words by the multitude” “and of the chief priests” or “and belonging to the high and principal priests” “prevailed” which means “were superior, strong and overcoming”. Luke shared how the “loud utterances and cravings” of the “multitude” and “high priests” were superior to “Pilate's”.

When we think through Luke's words in this verse, we see how there was an immediate response from the “multitude and religious leaders” after “Pilate” made his third appeal for Jesus' freedom. The “crowd's” “voice” prevailed, and that which “Pilate” desired was not to happen. This was part of God's plan to send Jesus to die for the sins of all mankind, and anyone who yields their life to Jesus as their personal “Savior and Lord” will be forgiven of their sins and inherit everlasting life with God. Let all who read these words note the “prevailing voice” of the crowd and vow to never be a part of their desirous chant to have Jesus “crucified”.

Next time we see Luke shares how, “Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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