Matthew 27:15
But for a solempne dai the iustice was wont to delyuere to the puple oon boundun, whom thei wolden.
Wycliffe (portions)
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 answeride not `to hym ony word, so that the iustice wondride greetli.
16And he hadde tho a famous man boundun, that was seid Barrabas.
Cross References
Matthew 26:5but thei seiden, Not in the haliday, lest perauenture noyse were maad in the puple.
Luke 23:16And therfor Y schal amende hym, and delyuere hym.
John 18:38Pilat seith to hym, What is treuthe? And whanne he hadde seid this thing, eft he wente out to the Jewis, and seide to hem, Y fynde no cause in hym.
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 →