14 occurrences across the corpus

King James Version

Matthew 27:26

Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Mark 15:6

Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.

Mark 15:15

And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

Luke 23:25

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.

KJV Apocrypha (Catholic Deuterocanon)

1 Maccabees 10:42

And beside this, the five thousand shekels of silver, which they took from the uses of the temple out of the accounts year by year, even those things shall be released, because they appertain to the priests that minister.

KJV Apocrypha (Eastern Orthodox Additions)

3 Maccabees 6:29

He said these things, and they, released the same moment, having now escaped death, praised God their holy Savior.

1 Enoch

1 Enoch 95:4

Woe to you who shall be so bound by execrations, that you cannot be released from them; the remedy being far removed from you on account of your sins. Woe to you who recompense your neighbour with evil; for you shall be recompensed according to your works.

Jubilees

Jubilees 33:5

that it was Reuben. And she was ashamed because of him, and released her hand from him, and he

OT Pseudepigrapha

The First Book of Adam and Eve 51:11

And God released him from his bonds.

2 Enoch 48:8

Blessed is the man who shall bear their yoke and shall drag them along, for he shall be released on the day of the great judgement.

Testament of Joseph 1:13

I was in prison, and my God showed favour unto me; 14 In bonds, and He released me;

4 Maccabees 5:15

And when the guards said to him, 'Consent to eat, that so you may be released from your tortures,' he said to them, 'Your method, O miserable minions, is not strong enough to lead captive my Reason. Cut off my limbs, and burn my flesh, and twist my joints; through all the torments I will show you that in behalf of virtue the sons of the Hebrews alone are unconquerable.'

4 Maccabees 5:52

And when this man also was dead, the sixth was brought, a mere boy, who in answer to the tyrant's inquiry whether he was willing to eat and be released, said:

Odes of Solomon 19:3

And the Holy Spirit milked Him: because His breasts were full, and it was necessary for Him that His milk should be sufficiently released;