Matthew 27:17

New English Translation

So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?”

Cross References

1 Kings 18:21

Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? If the Lord is the true God, then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word.

Matthew 1:16

and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

Matthew 27:16

At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus Barabbas.

Matthew 27:18

(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.)

John 19:15

Then they shouted out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked, “Shall I crucify your king?” The high priests replied, “We have no king except Caesar!”

John 4:25

The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (the one called Christ); “whenever he comes, he will tell us everything.”

Joshua 24:15

If you have no desire to worship the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family will worship the Lord!”