Matthew 27:15
Now at the feast, the governor was in the habit of releasing to the multitude one prisoner, whom they chose.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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 gave him answer to not one word, so that the governor was greatly astonished.
16They then had a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas.
Cross References
Matthew 26:5But they said: Not during the feast, lest there be a tumult among the people.
Luke 23:16I will, therefore, chastise him, and release him.
John 18:38Pilate said to him: What is truth? And when he had said this, he again came out to the Jews, and said to them: I find no fault in him.
Acts 24:27But, after two years, Felix received Portius Festus as his successor; and Felix, wishing to confer a favor on the Jews, left 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 →