15 And at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired;
Matthew 27:15 Cross References - Worrell
Matthew 26:5
5 But they said, "Not during the feast, lest an uproar might arise among the people."
Mark 15:6-15
6 Now at the feast he was wont to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.
7 And there was one called Barabbas, bound with the insurgents, who, in the insurrection, had committed murder.
8 And, coming up, the multitude began to ask him to do as he was wont to do to them.
9 And Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you wish me to release to you the King of the Jews?"
10 (For he was coming to understand that because of envy the high priests had delivered Him up).
11 But the high priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release to them Barabbas.
12 And Pilate, again answering, said to them, "What, then, shall I do to Him Whom ye call the King of the Jews?"
13 And they cried out again, "Crucify Him!"
14 And Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil did He do?" But they cried out vehemently, "Crucify Him!"
15 And Pilate, wishing to satisfy the multitude, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus, after having scourged Him, to be crucified.
Luke 23:16
16 Chastising Him, therefore, I will release Him"
John 18:38-40
38 Pilate says to Him, "What is truth?" And, having said this, he went out again to the Jews, and says to them, "I find no crime in Him.
39 But ye have a custom, that I should release to you one at the passover. Do ye wish, therefore, that I release to you the King of the Jews?"
40 They cried out, therefore, again, saying, "Not this Man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.
John 19:16
16 Then, therefore, he delivered Him up to them to be crucified.
Acts 24:27
27 But, when two years were completed, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus; and, wishing to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul bound.
Acts 25:9
9 But Festus, wishing to gain favor with the Jews, answering, said to Paul, "Are you willing, having gone up to Jerusalem, to be judged there concerning these things before me?"