Matthew 27:22

Pilate said to them: And what shall I do to Jesus who is called Messiah? They all replied: Let him be crucified.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.

In Context

21And the president answered, and said to them: Which of the two, will ye, that I release to you? And they said: Bar Abas.

23The president said to them: But what hath he done, that is evil? And they cried out the more, and said: Let him be crucified.

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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 14:55And the chief priests and all the assembly sought for testimony against Jesus, to put him to death: but they found it not.

Luke 23:20And Pilate, being disposed to release Jesus, conversed with them again.

Acts 13:38Know therefore, brethren, that through this man remission of sins is proclaimed to you.

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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