Matthew 27:15
Now at the feast the governor was wont to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they would.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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 made him no answer, not even to one word; so that the governor greatly wondered.
16And they had then a noted prisoner, called Barabbas.
Cross References
Matthew 26:5But they said: Not at the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.
Luke 23:16I will therefore chastise, and 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 no fault in him.
Acts 24:27But after two years, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and Felix, wishing to gain favor with 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 →