Matthew 27:15-19

The Crowd Chooses Barabbas

15 ¹Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted.

16 And they had then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.

17 So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you: Barabbas, or ²Jesus who is called Christ?"

18 For he knew that it was out ³of envy that they had delivered him up.

19 Besides, while he was sitting on ⁴the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, "Have nothing to do with ⁵that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today ⁶in a dream."

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 15-26, see Mark 15:6-15; Luke 23:18-25; John 18:39, 40; John 19:16
• 2. ver. 22
• 3. [John 12:19]
• 4. John 19:13
• 5. ver. 24; [Luke 23:47]
• 6. See Matthew 2:12