Matthew 27:15
And at each festival, the president was accustomed to release to the people one prisoner, such as they preferred.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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
14But he gave him no answer, not even one word: and therefore Pilate wondered greatly.
16And they had then in bonds a noted prisoner, called Bar Abas.
Cross References
Matthew 26:5But they said: Not on the festival, lest there be a commotion among the people.
Luke 23:16I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
John 18:38Pilate said to him: What is the truth? And as he said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them: I find not any crime in him.
Acts 24:27And when two years were fulfilled to him, another governor, whose name was Porcius Festus, came into his place. And Felix, that he might do the Jews a favor, left Paul a prisoner.
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 →