Matthew 27:20
“But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.”
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.
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
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Cross-References
“But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.”
“Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?”
“And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.”
“But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:”
“They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.”