Matthew 27:20 - Tree of Life Version

²⁰ Now the ruling kohanim and elders persuaded the crowds that they should ask for Bar-Abba and destroy Yeshua.

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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.

Matthew 27:20 Cross References

Jeremiah 26:8

Now when Jeremiah finished speaking all that Adonai had commanded him to speak to all the people, the kohanim and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying: “You will surely die!

Matthew 27:21

But the governor responded, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Bar-Abba!”

Mark 15:11

But the ruling kohanim stirred up the crowd, so he would release Bar-Abba to them instead.

John 18:40

They shouted back, “Not this One, but Bar-Abba!” Now Bar-Abba was a revolutionary.

Acts 18:4

And he was debating every Shabbat in the synagogue, trying to persuade both Jewish and Greek people.