Matthew 27:15 Cross References

Matthew 27:15

15: Now it was the governor's custom to release one prisoner to the crowd each year during the Passover celebration--anyone they wanted.

John 19:16

  1. Then Pilate gave Jesus to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away.

John 18:38

  1. "What is truth?" Pilate asked. Then he went out again to the people and told them, "He is not guilty of any crime.
  2. But you have a custom of asking me to release someone from prison each year at Passover. So if you want me to, I'll release the King of the Jews."
  3. But they shouted back, "No! Not this man, but Barabbas!" (Barabbas was a criminal.)

Matthew 26:5

  1. "But not during the Passover," they agreed, "or there will be a riot."

Luke 23:16

  1. So I will have him flogged, but then I will release him."

Acts 24:27

  1. Two years went by in this way; then Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And because Felix wanted to gain favor with the Jewish leaders, he left Paul in prison.

Mark 15:6

  1. Now it was the governor's custom to release one prisoner each year at Passover time--anyone the people requested.
  2. One of the prisoners at that time was Barabbas, convicted along with others for murder during an insurrection.
  3. The mob began to crowd in toward Pilate, asking him to release a prisoner as usual.
  4. "Should I give you the King of the Jews?" Pilate asked.
  5. (For he realized by now that the leading priests had arrested Jesus out of envy.)

Acts 25:9

  1. Then Festus, wanting to please the Jews, asked him, "Are you willing to go to Jerusalem and stand trial before me there?"
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