Matthew 27:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

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  • Mark 15:11 : 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas instead.
  • Luke 23:18-20 : 18 But they all shouted out together,“Take this man away! Release Barabbas for us!” 19 (This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.) 20 Pilate addressed them once again because he wanted to release Jesus.
  • John 18:40 : 40 Then they shouted back,“Not this man, but Barabbas!”(Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.)
  • John 19:15-16 : 15 Then they shouted out,“Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked,“Shall I crucify your king?” The high priests replied,“We have no king except Caesar!” 16 Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.The CrucifixionSo they took Jesus,
  • Acts 3:14-15 : 14 But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you. 15 You killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses!
  • Acts 14:18-19 : 18 Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them. 19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.
  • Acts 19:23-29 : 23 At that time a great disturbance took place concerning the Way. 24 For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought a great deal of business to the craftsmen. 25 He gathered these together, along with the workmen in similar trades, and said,“Men, you know that our prosperity comes from this business. 26 And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a large crowd, not only in Ephesus but in practically all of the province of Asia, by saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all. 27 There is danger not only that this business of ours will come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be regarded as nothing, and she whom all the province of Asia and the world worship will suffer the loss of her greatness.” 28 When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout,“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” 29 The city was filled with the uproar, and the crowd rushed to the theater together, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions.

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  • Mark 15:11-16
    6 verses
    86%

    11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas instead.

    12So Pilate spoke to them again,“Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews?”

    13They shouted back,“Crucify him!”

    14Pilate asked them,“Why? What has he done wrong?” But they shouted more insistently,“Crucify him!”

    15Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them. Then, after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.

    16Jesus is Mocked So the soldiers led him into the palace(that is, the governor’s residence) and called together the whole cohort.

  • Matt 27:21-23
    3 verses
    85%

    21The governor asked them,“Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said,“Barabbas!”

    22Pilate said to them,“Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?” They all said,“Crucify him!”

    23He asked,“Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently,“Crucify him!”

  • Matt 27:15-18
    4 verses
    84%

    15During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whomever they wanted.

    16At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus Barabbas.

    17So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them,“Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?”

    18(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.)

  • John 18:39-40
    2 verses
    80%

    39But it is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?”

    40Then they shouted back,“Not this man, but Barabbas!”(Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.)

  • Luke 23:18-21
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    18But they all shouted out together,“Take this man away! Release Barabbas for us!”

    19(This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.)

    20Pilate addressed them once again because he wanted to release Jesus.

    21But they kept on shouting,“Crucify, crucify him!”

  • Matt 27:1-2
    2 verses
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    1Jesus Brought Before Pilate When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.

    2They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.

  • Matt 27:25-27
    3 verses
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    25In reply all the people said,“Let his blood be on us and on our children!”

    26Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.

    27Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence and gathered the whole cohort around him.

  • Luke 23:23-25
    3 verses
    79%

    23But they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts that he be crucified. And their shouts prevailed.

    24So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.

    25He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

  • Mark 15:6-9
    4 verses
    77%

    6Jesus and Barabbas During the feast it was customary to release one prisoner to the people, whomever they requested.

    7A man named Barabbas was imprisoned with rebels who had committed murder during an insurrection.

    8Then the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to release a prisoner for them, as was his custom.

    9So Pilate asked them,“Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you?”

  • Luke 24:20
    77%

    20and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

  • Mark 15:1
    76%

    1Jesus Brought Before Pilate Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

  • Luke 22:2
    76%

    2The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

  • John 19:15-16
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    75%

    15Then they shouted out,“Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked,“Shall I crucify your king?” The high priests replied,“We have no king except Caesar!”

    16Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.The CrucifixionSo they took Jesus,

  • Luke 22:66
    75%

    66When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council

  • Luke 23:13
    75%

    13Jesus Brought Before the Crowd Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people,

  • Matt 27:41
    75%

    41In the same way even the chief priests– together with the experts in the law and elders– were mocking him:

  • Luke 23:1
    75%

    1Jesus Brought Before Pilate Then the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate.

  • John 19:21
    75%

    21Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate,“Do not write,‘The king of the Jews,’ but rather,‘This man said, I am king of the Jews.’”

  • John 19:6
    74%

    6When the chief priests and their officers saw him, they shouted out,“Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said,“You take him and crucify him! Certainly I find no reason for an accusation against him!”

  • Matt 26:59
    74%

    59The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

  • Matt 26:57
    74%

    57Condemned by the Sanhedrin Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house the experts in the law and the elders had gathered.

  • Matt 26:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

    4They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

  • Luke 23:10
    73%

    10The chief priests and the experts in the law were there, vehemently accusing him.

  • John 18:35
    73%

    35Pilate answered,“I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and your chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?”

  • Mark 14:53
    72%

    53Condemned by the Sanhedrin Then they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law came together.

  • Acts 13:28
    72%

    28Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.