Matthew 27:17

And when they were assembled, Pilate said to them: Whom will ye, that I release to you, Bar Abas, or Jesus who is called Messiah?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?

In Context

16And they had then in bonds a noted prisoner, called Bar Abas.

18For Pilate knew that it was from enmity they had delivered him up.

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Cross References

Matthew 1:16Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called the Messiah.

Mark 15:9And Pilate answered, and said: Will ye, that I release to you the king of the Jews?

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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