Matthew 27:23

Easy To Read Version

Pilate asked, “Why do you want me to kill him? What wrong has he done?”

Cross References

Proverbs 16:30

That person winks his eye while planning something destructive. He smiles while he is planning to hurt his neighbor.

Matthew 27:22

Pilate asked, “So what should I do with Jesus, the one called the Christ {\cf2\super [428]} ?”

Matthew 27:24

Pilate saw that he could do nothing to make the people change. And he saw that the people were becoming upset. So Pilate took some water and washed his hands {\cf2\super [429]} so that all the people could see. Then Pilate said, “I am not guilty of this man’s death. You are the ones that are doing it!”

Luke 23:4

Pilate said to the leading priests and the people, “I find nothing wrong with this man.”

Acts 13:28

They could not find any real reason why Jesus should die, but they asked Pilate to kill him.

Acts 23:10

The argument became a fight. The commander was afraid that the Jews would tear Paul to pieces. So the commander told the soldiers to go down and take Paul away from these Jews and to put him in the army building.