Verse 15

Now at the festival, the governor was accustomed to release to the crowd one prisoner, whom they wanted.

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  • Matt 26:5 : 5 But they said, "Not during the feast, so that there won't be a riot among the people."
  • Mark 15:6-9 : 6 At the festival, Pilate used to release to the people one prisoner whom they requested. 7 There was a man named Barabbas who was in prison with rebels who had committed murder during an uprising. 8 The crowd came up and began asking Pilate to do for them as he usually did. 9 Pilate answered them, 'Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?'' 10 For he knew it was because of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over. 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas instead. 12 Pilate asked them a second time, 'Then what do you want me to do with the one you call the King of the Jews?' 13 They shouted back, 'Crucify Him!' 14 Pilate asked them, 'Why? What wrong has He done?' But they shouted all the more, 'Crucify Him!' 15 Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. After having Jesus flogged, he handed Him over to be crucified.
  • Luke 23:16 : 16 Therefore, I will punish Him and then release Him.
  • John 18:38-40 : 38 'What is truth?' Pilate asked. After he said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, 'I find no basis for a charge against him.' 39 'But it is your custom that I release one prisoner to you at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to release the King of the Jews?' 40 Then they all shouted again, saying, 'Not this man, but Barabbas!' Now Barabbas was a robber.
  • John 19:16 : 16 So then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away.
  • Acts 24:27 : 27 After two years, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. Because he wanted to grant a favor to the Jews, Felix left Paul in prison.
  • Acts 25:9 : 9 But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, replied to Paul, 'Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be tried there before me on these charges?'