Matthew 27:21

So when the governor asked them, “Which of the two men do you want me to release for you?” They replied, “Barabbas!”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.

In Context

20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowd to ask Pilate to release Barabbas, and to order that Jesus be executed {that his soldiers execute Jesus}.

22Pilate, very astonished, asked, “So what shall I do with Jesus who some of you say is the Messiah?” They all answered, “ Command that he be crucified! { Command your soldiers ◄to crucify him/to nail him to a cross►}!”

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Cross References

Matthew 27:17So when the crowd gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which prisoner would you like me to release for you: Barabbas, or Jesus, whom some of you claim to be the Messiah?”

Luke 23:13Pilate then gathered together the chief priests and other Jewish leaders and the crowd that was still there.

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 →

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