20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
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But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; …
But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. …
Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-25)We have here an account of what passed in Pilate’s judgment–hall, when the blessed Jesus was brought thither betimes in the morning. Though it was no court–day, Pilate immediately took his case before him. We have there, I. The trial Christ had before Pilate. 1. His arraignment; Jesus stood before the governor, as the prisoner before the judge. We could not stand before God because of our sins, no…
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