Matthew 27:23

Matthew 27:15-26

¹⁵Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the crowd one prisoner whom they wanted. ¹⁶And they had then a notorious prisoner called Jesus Barabbas. ¹⁷So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Messiah?” ¹⁸For he knew that it was out of envy that they had handed him over. ¹⁹And while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Let there be nothing between you and that righteous man; for I have suffered much today in a dream because of him.” ²⁰But the high priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to destroy Jesus. ²¹And the governor answered them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas.” ²²Pilate says to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Messiah?” They all say, “Let him be crucified!” ²³And he said, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they kept shouting all the more, saying, “Let him be crucified!” ²⁴When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this blood; you will see to it.” ²⁵And all the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!” ²⁶Then he released Barabbas for them; but after flogging Jesus, he handed him over to be crucified.

Mark 15:6-15

⁶Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner, whomever they asked for. ⁷And there was the man called Barabbas, bound with the rebels who in the uprising had committed murder. ⁸And the crowd came up and began to ask him to do as he used to do for them. ⁹And Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?” ¹⁰For he knew that it was because of envy that the high priests had handed him over. ¹¹But the high priests stirred up the crowd so that he would release for them Barabbas instead. ¹²And Pilate again answered and was saying to them, “What then do you want me to do with the one whom you call the King of the Jews?” ¹³And they cried out again, “Crucify him!” ¹⁴But Pilate was saying to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they cried out all the more, “Crucify him!” ¹⁵And Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas for them, and having flogged Jesus, he handed him over to be crucified.

Luke 23:13-25

¹³And Pilate called together the high priests and the rulers and the people ¹⁴and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who is misleading the people; and look, I, having examined him before you, have found no guilt in this man in the things of which you accuse him; ¹⁵no, nor has Herod, for he sent him back to us; and look, nothing worthy of death has been done by him. ¹⁶So after punishing him I will release him.” ¹⁷Now he was obliged to release one to them at each feast. ¹⁸But they cried out all together, saying, “Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas!” ¹⁹(one who had been thrown into prison because of a certain uprising that had happened in the city, and for murder.) ²⁰But Pilate addressed them again, wanting to release Jesus; ²¹but they kept shouting, saying, “Crucify, crucify him!” ²²And he said to them a third time, “Why, what evil has this man done? I have found no guilt deserving death in him; so after punishing him I will release him.” ²³But they were insistent with loud voices, asking for him to be crucified; and their voices were prevailing. ²⁴And Pilate decided that their demand should be granted; ²⁵and he released the one who had been thrown into prison for uprising and murder, whom they were asking for, but Jesus he handed over to their will.

John 18:39–19:16

^18:39But you have a custom that I release one man to you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” ^18:40So they cried out again, saying, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a bandit. ^19:1So then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. ^19:2And the soldiers, having twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on his head, and they threw a purple robe around him, ^19:3and they kept coming up to him and saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they kept giving him slaps. ^19:4And Pilate went outside again and says to them, “Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no ground for a charge in him.” ^19:5So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And he says to them, “Look, the man!” ^19:6So when the high priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify him, crucify him!” Pilate says to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no ground for a charge in him.” ^19:7The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.” ^19:8So when Pilate heard this word, he was more afraid, ^19:9and he entered the praetorium again and says to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. ^19:10So Pilate says to him, “You do not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and I have authority to crucify you?” ^19:11Jesus answered him, “You would have had no authority over me unless it had been given you from above; for this reason the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.” ^19:12From this Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.” ^19:13So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, and in Hebrew Gabbatha. ^19:14Now it was the day of preparation of the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. And he says to the Jews, “Look, your king!” ^19:15So they cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate says to them, “Shall I crucify your king?” The high priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.” ^19:16So then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus;