Matthew 27:21
But the governor answered them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” They said, “Barabbas!”
--------------------
Matthew 27:21
But the governor answered them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” They said, “Barabbas!”
--------------------
Matthew 27:17
When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”
Matthew 27:18
For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.
Matthew 27:19
While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him.”
Matthew 27:20
Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.
Matthew 27:21
But the governor answered them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” They said, “Barabbas!”
Matthew 27:22
Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do to Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said to him, “Let him be crucified!”
Matthew 27:23
But the governor said, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, saying, “Let him be crucified!”
Matthew 27:24
So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”
Matthew 27:25
All the people answered, “May his blood be on us and on our children!”
Matthew 27:26
Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.
Exodus 23:2
“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.
Daniel 3:13
Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. Then these men were brought before the king.
Daniel 6:14
Then the king, when he heard these words, was very displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored until the going down of the sun to rescue him.
Matthew 27:12
When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
Mark 6:26
The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to refuse her.
Luke 23:18
But they all cried out together, saying, “Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!”—
-----
Acts 3:13
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
Acts 3:14
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
Acts 3:15
and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.
Acts 2:23
him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;
-----
Mark 15:11
But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.
Mark 15:12
Pilate again asked them, “What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?”
Mark 15:13
They cried out again, “Crucify him!”
Mark 15:14
Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, “Crucify him!”
John 18:38
Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, “I find no basis for a charge against him.
John 19:4
Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”
Matthew 27:16
They had then a notable prisoner called Barabbas.
Mark 15:9
Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
-----
Proverbs 1:29
because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of Yahweh.
-----
Isaiah 65:12
I will destine you to the sword, and you will all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, you didn’t answer. When I spoke, you didn’t listen; but you did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn’t delight.”
-----
Isaiah 66:3
He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog’s neck; he who offers an offering, as he who offers pig’s blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.
-----
Luke 23:13
Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,
Luke 23:14
and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and behold, having examined him before you, I found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.
Luke 23:15
Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.
Luke 23:16
I will therefore chastise him and release him.”
-----
John 19:12
At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you release this man, you aren’t Caesar’s friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!”
John 19:14
Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”
John 19:15
They cried out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”
John 19:16
So then he delivered him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away.
Public Domain