Matthew 27:17

Webster's Bible (1833)

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?"

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  • Josh 24:15 : 15 If it seem evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose you this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.
  • 1 Kgs 18:21 : 21 Elijah came near to all the people, and said, "How long will you waver between the two sides? If Yahweh is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." The people answered him not a word.
  • Mark 15:9-9 : 9 Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?" 10 For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up. 11 But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead. 12 Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?"
  • John 19:15 : 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!"
  • Matt 1:16 : 16 Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus{"Jesus" is a Greek variant of the Jewish name "Yehoshua," which means "Yah saves." "Jesus" is also the masculine form of "Yeshu'ah," which means "Salvation."}, who is called Christ.
  • Matt 27:21-22 : 21 But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!" 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!"

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  • Matt 27:20-23
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    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!"

  • Matt 27:15-16
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    15Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired.

    16They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

  • Mark 15:6-9
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    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 27:26-27
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    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.

  • Luke 23:16-22
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    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!"

    22He said to them the third time, "Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him."

  • John 18:39-40
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    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.

  • Mark 15:11-16
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    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 23:24-25
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    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.

  • Matt 27:2
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    2and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

  • John 18:29-31
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    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."

    31Pilate therefore said to them, "Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law." Therefore the Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,"

  • John 19:12-16
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    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.{noon} 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.

  • Matt 27:18
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    18For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.

  • John 18:35
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    35Pilate answered, "I'm not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me. What have you done?"

  • John 18:33
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    33Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"

  • Matt 27:11
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    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 15:1-2
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    1Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

    2Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered, "So you say."

  • Luke 23:1-2
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    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."

  • Luke 23:13
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    13Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

  • John 19:10
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    10Pilate therefore said to him, "Aren't you speaking to me? Don't you know that I have power to release you, and have power to crucify you?"

  • John 19:6
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    6When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him."

  • John 19:21
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    21The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, "Don't write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'he said, I am King of the Jews.'"