John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 23:18
And they cried out all at once ,.... The chief priests, rulers, and people, not bearing to hear of a release of him, now they had got him in their hands; and enraged at the proposal, in a most clamorous way, cried out, as one man, immediately: Saying, away with this man ; to the cross; to Calvary, the place of execution; away with him out of the world; he is not fit to live: and release unto us Barabbas ; whose character is given in the next verse; See Gill on Matthew 27:16 . read more
William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 23:50-56
23:50-56 Look you--there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin, a good and a just man. He had not consented to their counsel and their action. He came from Arimathaea, a town of the Jews, and he lived in expectation of the kingdom of God. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. He took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a rockhewn tomb where no one had ever yet been laid. It was the day of preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning. The women, who had... read more