Matthew 27:20 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²⁰ But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barab´bas, and destroy Jesus.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ But the chief priests and the elders prevailed on the people to ask for Barabbas, and put Jesus to death.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

Common English Bible

²⁰ But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and kill Jesus.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ But the leaders of the priests and the elders persuaded the people, so that they would ask for Barabbas, and so that Jesus would perish.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ But the chief priests and ancients persuaded the people, that they should ask Barabbas, and make Jesus away.

Matthew 27:20 Cross References

Jeremiah 26:8

Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.

Matthew 27:21

The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barab´bas.

Mark 15:11

But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barab´bas unto them.

John 18:40

Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barab´bas. Now Barab´bas was a robber.

Acts 18:4

And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.