Matthew 27:17

“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?”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Matthew 27:17

Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said vnto them, Whom will ye that I release vnto you? Barabbas, or Iesus, which is called Christ?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)

When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?
- American Standard Version (1901)

So when they came together, Pilate said to them, Whom will you have? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is named Christ?
- Basic English Bible

So 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?"
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

They therefore being gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom will ye that I release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?
- Darby Bible

They therefore being gathered together, Pilate said: Whom will you that I release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus that is called Christ?
- Douay-Rheims Bible

When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
- English Revised Version

When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?"
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Matthew 27:17

Wesley's Notes for Matthew 27:17


27:15 At every feast - Every year, at the feast of the passover. #Mark 15:6|; Luke 23:17; John 18:39.

27:18 He knew that for envy they had delivered him - As well as from malice and revenge; they envied him, because the people magnified him.



People's Bible Notes for Matthew 27:17


Mt 27:17 Therefore when they were gathered together. After the first examination, Pilate, finding that Jesus was from Galilee, sent him to Herod, tetrarch of Galilee, then in Jerusalem, to be tried by him as belonging to his jurisdiction. Herod, however, after trying to induce him to work a miracle and mocking him, sent him back (Lu 23:6-11). Now they had gathered after his return. Barabbas, or Jesus? Pilate, desirous of releasing an innocent man, afraid to oppose the Sanhedrin, adopted this expedient in the hope that the increasing multitude of people would demand Christ rather than a blood-stained robber.

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