Mark 15:7

The Passion Translation

Now, Pilate was holding in custody a notorious criminal named Barabbas, one of the assassins who had committed murder in an uprising.

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Then he released the guilty murderer Barabbas, as they had insisted, and handed Jesus over to be crucified.

And at that time, Pilate was holding in custody a notorious criminal named Jesus Barabbas.

Every year at Passover, it was the custom of the governor to pardon a prisoner and release him to the people—anyone they wanted.

The crowds gathered in front of Pilate’s judgment bench and asked him to release a prisoner to them, as was his custom.