Matthew 27:16

World English Bible (2000)

They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

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  • Mark 15:7 : 7 There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.
  • Luke 23:18-19 : 18 But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!"-- 19 one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.
  • Luke 23:25 : 25 He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.
  • John 18:40 : 40 Then they all shouted again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.
  • Acts 3:14 : 14 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
  • Rom 1:32 : 32 who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 27:17-18
    2 verses
    89%

    17When 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?"

    18For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.

  • Matt 27:15
    88%

    15Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired.

  • Mark 15:6-9
    4 verses
    88%

    6Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.

    7There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

    8The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.

    9Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

  • Matt 27:20-23
    4 verses
    85%

    20Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

    21But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!"

    22Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"

    23But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"

  • John 18:39-40
    2 verses
    85%

    39But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

    40Then they all shouted again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.

  • Luke 23:16-21
    6 verses
    83%

    16I will therefore chastise him and release him."

    17Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.

    18But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!"--

    19one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.

    20Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,

    21but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!"

  • Matt 27:26-28
    3 verses
    83%

    26Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.

    27Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.

    28They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.

  • Mark 15:11-16
    6 verses
    79%

    11But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.

    12Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?"

    13They cried out again, "Crucify him!"

    14Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"

    15Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.

    16The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.

  • Luke 23:24-26
    3 verses
    75%

    24Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.

    25He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.

    26When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it after Jesus.

  • Matt 27:2
    75%

    2and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

  • John 19:12-16
    5 verses
    72%

    12At 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!"

    13When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called "The Pavement," but in Hebrew, "Gabbatha."

    14Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"

    15They 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!"

    16So then he delivered him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away.

  • John 18:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    29Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"

    30They answered him, "If this man weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't have delivered him up to you."

  • Luke 23:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.

    2They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."

  • Acts 26:31
    69%

    31When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds."

  • John 18:12
    69%

    12So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him,

  • Matt 27:32
    69%

    32As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.

  • Luke 23:14
    68%

    14and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.

  • Mark 15:26
    68%

    26The superscription of his accusation was written over him, "THE KING OF THE JEWS."

  • John 19:1
    68%

    1So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him.

  • Luke 23:6
    68%

    6But when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

  • Matt 27:11
    68%

    11Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said to him, "So you say."

  • Mark 15:28
    68%

    28The Scripture was fulfilled, which says, "He was numbered with transgressors."