“Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.”
King James Version (KJV)
27:15 At every feast - Every year, at the feast of the passover. #Mark 15:6|; Luke 23:17; John 18:39.
Mt 27:15 At [that] feast. The passover. How the custom of releasing a prisoner at the passover arose is unknown, but such customs are common under arbitrary rules.
Now at that feast the Gouernor was woont to release vnto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Now at {the} feast the governor was accustomed to release for the people {any} one prisoner whom they wanted.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Now at the feast the governor was wont to release unto the multitude one prisoner, whom they would.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Now at the feast it was the way for the ruler to let free to the people one prisoner, at their selection.
- Basic English Bible
Now at [the] feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whom they would.
- Darby Bible
Now at that feast, the governor was wont to release to the people a prisoner, whom they would.
- Webster's Bible
Now it was the Governor's custom at the Festival to release some one prisoner, whomsoever the populace desired;
- Weymouth Bible
Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired.
- World English Bible
But for a solempne dai the iustice was wont to delyuere to the puple oon boundun, whom thei wolden.
- Wycliffe Bible
And at the feast the governor had been accustomed to release one to the multitude, a prisoner, whom they willed,
- Youngs Literal Bible