Matthew 27:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

But the chiefe Priestes and the Elders had persuaded the people that they shoulde aske Barabbas, and should destroy Iesus.

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  • Mark 15:11 : 11 But the high Priestes had moued the people to desire that he would rather deliuer Barabbas vnto them.
  • Luke 23:18-20 : 18 Then all ye multitude cried at once, saying, Away with him, and deliuer vnto vs Barabbas: 19 Which for a certaine insurrection made in the citie, and murther, was cast in prison. 20 Then Pilate spake againe to them, willing to let Iesus loose.
  • John 18:40 : 40 Then cried they all againe, saying, Not him, but Barabbas: nowe this Barabbas was a murtherer.
  • John 19:15-16 : 15 But they cried, Away with him, away with him, crucifie him. Pilate sayde vnto them, Shall I crucifie your King? The high Priestes answered, We haue no King but Cesar. 16 Then deliuered he him vnto them, to be crucified. And they tooke Iesus, and led him away.
  • Acts 3:14-15 : 14 But ye denied the Holy one and the Iust, and desired a murtherer to be giuen you, 15 And killed the Lorde of life, whome God hath raised fro the dead, whereof we are witnesses.
  • Acts 14:18-19 : 18 And speaking these things, scarce appeased they the multitude, that they had not sacrificed vnto them. 19 Then there came certaine Iewes from Antiochia and Iconium, which when they had persuaded the people, stoned Paul, and drewe him out of the citie, supposing he had bene dead.
  • Acts 19:23-29 : 23 And the same time there arose no small trouble about that way. 24 For a certaine man named Demetrius a siluersmith, which made siluer temples of Diana, brought great gaines vnto the craftesmen, 25 Whom he called together, with the workemen of like things, and saide, Syrs, ye knowe that by this craft we haue our goods: 26 Moreouer ye see and heare, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia this Paul hath perswaded, and turned away much people, saying, That they be not gods which are made with handes. 27 So that not onely this thing is dangerous vnto vs, that this our portion shall be reproued, but also that the temple of the great goddesse Diana should be nothing esteemed, and that it would come to passe that her magnificence, which all Asia & the world worshippeth, should be destroyed. 28 Now when they heard it, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 29 And the whole citie was full of confusion, and they rushed into the common place with one assent, and caught Gaius, and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, and Pauls companions of his iourney.

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  • Mark 15:11-16
    6 verses
    86%

    11But the high Priestes had moued the people to desire that he would rather deliuer Barabbas vnto them.

    12And Pilate answered, and said againe vnto them, What will ye then that I doe with him, whom ye call the King of the Iewes?

    13And they cried againe, Crucifie him.

    14Then Pilate said vnto them, But what euill hath he done? And they cryed the more feruently, Crucifie him.

    15So Pilate willing to content the people, loosed them Barabbas, & deliuered Iesus, when he had scourged him, that he might be crucified.

    16Then the souldiers led him away into the hall, which is the common hall, and called together the whole band,

  • Matt 27:21-23
    3 verses
    85%

    21Then the gouernour answered, and said vnto them, Whether of the twaine will ye that I let loose vnto you? And they said, Barabbas.

    22Pilate said vnto them, What shal I do then with Iesus, which is called Christ? They all said to him, Let him be crucified.

    23Then saide the gouernour, But what euill hath he done? Then they cryed the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

  • Matt 27:15-18
    4 verses
    84%

    15Nowe at the feast, the gouernour was wont to deliuer vnto the people a prisoner whom they would.

    16And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

    17When they were then gathered together, Pilate said vnto the, Whether will ye that I let loose vnto you Barabbas, or Iesus which is called Christ?

    18(For he knewe well, that for enuie they had deliuered him.

  • John 18:39-40
    2 verses
    80%

    39But you haue a custome, that I shoulde deliuer you one loose at the Passeouer: will yee then that I loose vnto you the King of ye Iewes?

    40Then cried they all againe, saying, Not him, but Barabbas: nowe this Barabbas was a murtherer.

  • Luke 23:18-21
    4 verses
    80%

    18Then all ye multitude cried at once, saying, Away with him, and deliuer vnto vs Barabbas:

    19Which for a certaine insurrection made in the citie, and murther, was cast in prison.

    20Then Pilate spake againe to them, willing to let Iesus loose.

    21But they cried, saying, Crucifie, crucifie him.

  • Matt 27:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1Vvhen the morning was come, all the chiefe Priests, and the elders of the people tooke counsell against Iesus, to put him to death,

    2And led him away bounde, and deliuered him vnto Pontius Pilate the gouernour.

  • Matt 27:25-27
    3 verses
    80%

    25Then answered all the people, and saide, His bloud be on vs, and on our children.

    26Thus let he Barabbas loose vnto them, and scourged Iesus, and deliuered him to be crucified.

    27Then the souldiers of the gouernour tooke Iesus into the common hall, and gathered about him the whole band,

  • Luke 23:23-25
    3 verses
    79%

    23But they were instant with loude voyces, and required that he might be crucified: and the voyces of them and of the hie Priests preuailed.

    24So Pilate gaue sentence, that it should be as they required.

    25And he let loose vnto them him that for insurrection and murther was cast into prison, whome they desired, and deliuered Iesus to doe with him what they would.

  • Mark 15:6-9
    4 verses
    77%

    6Nowe at the feast, Pilate did deliuer a prisoner vnto them, whomesoeuer they woulde desire.

    7Then there was one named Barabbas, which was bounde with his fellowes, that had made insurrection, who in the insurrection had committed murther.

    8And the people cried aloude, and began to desire that he woulde doe as he had euer done vnto them.

    9Then Pilate answered them, and said, Will ye that I let loose vnto you the King of ye Iewes?

  • Luke 24:20
    77%

    20And howe the hie Priests, and our rulers deliuered him to be condemned to death, and haue crucified him.

  • Mark 15:1
    76%

    1And anon in the dawning, the hie Priestes helde a Councill with the Elders, and the Scribes, and the whole Council, and bound Iesus, and led him away, and deliuered him to Pilate.

  • Luke 22:2
    76%

    2And the hie Priests and Scribes sought how they might kill him: for they feared the people.

  • John 19:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15But they cried, Away with him, away with him, crucifie him. Pilate sayde vnto them, Shall I crucifie your King? The high Priestes answered, We haue no King but Cesar.

    16Then deliuered he him vnto them, to be crucified. And they tooke Iesus, and led him away.

  • Luke 22:66
    75%

    66And assoone as it was day, the Elders of the people, and the hie Priests and the Scribes came together, and led him into their councill,

  • Luke 23:13
    75%

    13Then Pilate called together the hie Priests and the rulers, and the people,

  • Matt 27:41
    75%

    41Likewise also the hie Priests mocking him, with the Scribes, and Elders, and Pharises, said,

  • Luke 23:1
    75%

    1Then the whole multitude of them arose, and led him vnto Pilate.

  • John 19:21
    75%

    21Then saide the hie Priests of the Iewes to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Iewes, but that he sayd, I am King of the Iewes.

  • John 19:6
    74%

    6Then when the hie Priests & officers sawe him, they cried, saying, Crucifie, crucifie him. Pilate said vnto them, Take yee him and crucifie him: for I finde no fault in him.

  • Matt 26:59
    74%

    59Nowe the chiefe Priestes and the Elders, and all the whole councill sought false witnesse against Iesus, to put him to death.

  • Matt 26:57
    74%

    57And they tooke Iesus, and led him to Caiaphas the hie Priest, where the Scribes and the Elders were assembled.

  • Matt 26:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3Then assembled together the chiefe Priests, and the Scribes, and the Elders of ye people into the hall of the high Priest called Caiaphas:

    4And consulted together that they might take Iesus by subtiltie, and kill him.

  • Luke 23:10
    73%

    10The hie Priests also & Scribes stood forth, and accused him vehemently.

  • John 18:35
    73%

    35Pilate answered, Am I a Iewe? Thine owne nation, and the hie Priestes haue deliuered thee vnto me. What hast thou done?

  • Mark 14:53
    72%

    53So they led Iesus away to the hie Priest, and to him came together all the hie Priestes, and the Elders, and the Scribes.

  • Acts 13:28
    72%

    28And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate to kill him.