'Release' in the Bible

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he has anointed me to tell the good news to the poor. He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to set oppressed people free,

'And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.

“When the unclean spirit comes out of a person, it roams through waterless places in search [of a place] of rest; and not finding any, it says, ‘I will go back to my house (person) from which I came.’

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:

Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.

A third time he said to them, “Why? What has this man done wrong? I have found in Him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

So he released the man who had been put in prison for revolt and murder the man whose release they continued to demand but he let them have their way with Jesus.