Therefore, when the people had gathered together, Pilate asked them, “Whom do you want me to release, Barabbas or Jesus, who is called ‘Christ’?”
Matthew 27:21 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) But the governor asked them, “Which one of these two men do you want me to release to you?” And they answered, “Barabbas.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Again the governor said to them, Which of the two do you wish me to release for you? And they said, Barabbas! American Standard Version (1901) But the governor answered and said unto them, Which of the two will ye that I release unto you? And they said, Barabbas. Common English Bible The governor said, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” “Barabbas,” they replied. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, in response, the procurator said to them, "Which of the two do you want to be released to you?" But they said to him, "Barabbas." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the governor answering, said to them: Whether will you of the two to be released unto you? But they said, Barabbas. |
Therefore, when the people had gathered together, Pilate asked them, “Whom do you want me to release, Barabbas or Jesus, who is called ‘Christ’?”
Now the leading priests and [Jewish] elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas [to be released] and for Jesus to be killed.
Pilate replied, “Then what should I do to Jesus, who is called ‘Christ’?” They all shouted, “Let him be crucified!”
But when the tenant farmers saw him, they began reasoning with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir [to the vineyard]; let us kill him so the inheritance will be ours.’
Then Pilate called together the leading priests, the [Jewish] leaders and the people,