Matthew 27:20

James Moffatt - New Testament

But the high priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask Bar-Abbas and to have Jesus killed.

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Again they yelled, "No, not him! Bar-Abbas!" Now Bar-Abbas was a robber.

But the high priests stirred up the crowd to get him to release Bar-Abbas for them instead.

The governor said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" "Bar-Abbas," they said.

Every sabbath he argued in the synagogue, persuading both Jews and Greeks.