Matthew 27:17

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

So when the crowd had assembled, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”

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KJV

King James Version

Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?

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WEB

World English Bible

When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”

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ASV

American Standard Version

When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

Therefore, [in] their being gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you⁺ desire [that] I shall release to you⁺? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Matthew 27

¹⁵ Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.

¹⁶ At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.

¹⁷ So when the crowd had assembled, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”

¹⁸ For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.

¹⁹ While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”

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