Matthew 27:20 Cross References - Godbey

²⁰ And the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

¹¹ And the chief priests persuaded the multitude that he should rather release unto them Barabbas.

¹⁸ And they unanimously cried out, saying, Take Him away, and release unto us Barabbas: ¹⁹ who had been cast into prison on account of certain sedition made in the city, and murder. ²⁰ Then Pilate again called to them, wishing to release Jesus.

⁴⁰ Then they all again cried out, saying, Not Him, but Barabbas. And Barabbas was a robber.

¹⁵ Then they cried out, Take Him away, take Him away, crucify Him. Pilate says to them, Shall I crucify your King? And the chief priests responded, We have no king but Caesar. ¹⁶ Therefore he then delivered Him to them that He should be crucified. Then they took Jesus and led Him away.

¹⁴ And you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and ask that a man who was a murderer should be delivered unto you, ¹⁵ and you slew the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, whose witnesses we are.

¹⁸ And speaking these things they scarcely restrained the multitude from offering sacrifices to them. ¹⁹ But the Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the multitudes, stoned Paul, dragged him out of the city, thinking that he was dead;

²³ And at that time there was no small commotion concerning the way. ²⁴ For a certain Demetrius by name, a silversmith, making silver shrines of Diana, was bringing no small gain to the mechanics, ²⁵ whom having assembled and the laborers about such things, he said, Men, you know that it is from this work that prosperity is to us: ²⁶ and you see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, that this Paul having persuaded them has turned away a great multitude, saying that there are no gods made with hands. ²⁷ And not only is this interest in danger to us to come into disrepute; but even the temple of the great goddess Diana to be considered for nought, and they are about even to despise the majesty of her, whom all Asia and the world worships. ²⁸ And hearing and being filled with rage, they continued to cry out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. ²⁹ And the city was filled with commotion: and they rushed of one accord into the theatre, seizing Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians, the companions of Paul.