Matthew 27:15 Cross References - Riverside

¹⁵ At every feast the Governor was accustomed to release for the people one prisoner, whomever they chose.

⁵ But they said, "Not on the feast day, so that there may not be a riot among the people."

⁶ It was customary that at every feast he should release some one prisoner at their request. ⁷ There was a man called Barabbas in chains among those insurrectionaries who in the insurrection had committed murder. ⁸ The crowd advanced and began asking him to do as he was accustomed to do for them. ⁹ Pilate answered them, "Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?" ¹⁰ For he knew that it was on account of envy that the high priests had handed him over. ¹¹ But the high priests incited the crowd to have him rather set free Barabbas for them. ¹² Pilate again asked, "What, then, shall I do with him whom you call the King of the Jews?" ¹³ They again shouted, "Crucify him!" ¹⁴ But Pilate said to them, "What has he done that was wrong?" But they shouted violently, "Crucify him!" ¹⁵ Then Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, set free Barabbas for them and after scourging Jesus handed him over to be crucified.

¹⁶ So I will scourge him and release him."

³⁸ Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" After saying this he went out again to the Jews and said to them, "I find no crime in him. ³⁹ But you have a custom that I should release for you one at the Passover. Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?" ⁴⁰ They shouted again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Barabbas was a robber.

¹⁶ Then he delivered him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus

²⁷ But at the end of two years Felix received Porcius Festus as a successor, and, wishing to do the Jews a favor, he left Paul in chains.

⁹ Festus, wishing to gain favor with the Jews, asked Paul, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and there be tried for this before me?"