King James Version
Luke 23:24 in the King James Version says “And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. gave: or, assented” — study this verse from Luke chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. gave: or, assented”
Luke 23:24 · KJV
And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. gave: or, assented
And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“that it should be as”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“they”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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