Matthew 27:15
Now during a feast the governor had been accustomed to release to the crowd one prisoner whom they wanted.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
In Context
14And he did not answer him, not even one word, so as for the governor to marvel greatly.
16And they had then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.
Cross References
Matthew 26:5But they said, Not during the feast, lest an uproar develop among people.
Luke 23:16Therefore, having scourged I will release him.
John 18:38Pilate says to him, What is truth? And having said this, he went out again to the Jews, and says to them, I find not one cause in him.
Acts 24:27But two years having been fulfilled, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus. And wanting to lay down favors to the Jews, Felix left behind Paul bound.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:12-26
Christ at the Bar of Pilate. 11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. 12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? 14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. 15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom… Read the whole commentary →