6Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
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But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews? …
But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?
But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.
Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. …
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-14)Here we have, I. A consultation held by the great Sanhedrim for the effectual prosecution of our Lord Jesus. They met early in the morning about it, and went into a grand committee, to find out ways and means to get him put to death; they lost no time, but followed their blow in good earnest, lest there should be an uproar among the people . The unwearied industry of wicked people in doing that wh…
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