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Matthew 27:17 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? "
Matthew 27:17
Verse in Context
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Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
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Matthew 27:1
"When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:"
Matthew 27:2
"And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor."
Matthew 27:3
"Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,"
Matthew 27:4
"Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou"
Matthew 27:5
"And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself."
Matthew 27:6
"And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood."
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