Matthew 27:17-21

¹⁷So when the crowd had assembled, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”

¹⁸For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.

¹⁹While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”

²⁰But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.

²¹“Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they replied.

— Matthew 27:17-21

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Cross References for Matthew 27:17-21

• Proverbs 27:4
• Acts 5:17
• Proverbs 29:1
• Zechariah 9:9
• Mark 15:10
• Acts 3:14-15
• 1 Kings 18:21
• Matthew 27:24
• 1 Peter 2:22
• John 19:15-16

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