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Matthew 27:15

13 Then Pilate asked Him, “Do You not hear how many charges they are bringing against You?”

14 But Jesus gave no answer, not even to a single charge, much to the governor’s amazement.

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?”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.
KJV
Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
WEB
Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner whom they desired.
ASV
Now at the feast the governor was wont to release unto the multitude one prisoner, whom they would.
DARBY
Now at [the] feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whom they would.
BLB
And at the feast, the governor had been accustomed to release one prisoner to the multitude, whom they willed.
ÅB
Men på høytiden pleide landshøvdingen å gi folket en fange fri, hvem de ville.
OTB
Ved høytiden var det landshøvdingens skikk å løslate en fange valgt av folkemengden.
B1930
Men på høitiden pleide landshøvdingen å gi folket en fange fri, hvem de vilde.

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