Release - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Release
[ 1,,G630, apoluo ]to loose from," is translated "to release" in Matthew 18:27, RV (AV, "loosed"); Matthew 27:15, Matthew 27:17, Matthew 27:21, Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:6, Mark 15:9, Mark 15:11, Mark 15:15; Luke 6:37 (twice), RV (AV, "forgive" and "ye shall be forgiven"); Luke 23:16 (Luke 23:17, in some mss.), Luke 6:18, Luke 6:20, Luke 6:25; Luke 23:22, RV (AV, "let ... go"); John 18:39 (twice); John 19:10; in John 19:12, in the 1st part, AV and RV; in the 2nd part, RV, "release" (AV, "let ... go"); so in Acts 3:13. See DEPART, DISMISS.
Note: For aphesis, "release," Luke 4:18, RV, See DELIVERANCE.