Matthew 27:15
Now at the feast the governor was wont to release unto the multitude one prisoner, whom they would.
Revised Version 1895
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 gave him no answer, not even to one word: insomuch that the governor marveled greatly.
16And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
Cross References
Matthew 26:5But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among the people.
Luke 23:16I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
John 18:38Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find no crime in him.
Acts 24:27But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and desiring to gain favour with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.
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 →