Matthew 27:19

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.

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.”

²⁰ But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.

²¹ “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they replied.

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: 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.”
KJV: When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
WEB: While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him.”
ASV: And while he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that righteous man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
DARBY: But, as he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that righteous [man]; for I have suffered to-day many things in a dream because of him.
BLB: And [in] his sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Nothing with you and that righteous [man], for I suffered many things in a dream today because of Him.”

ÅB: Men mens han satt på dommersetet, sendte hans hustru bud til ham og lot si: «Ha ikke noe med denne rettferdige å gjøre! for jeg har lidt meget i drømme idag for hans skyld.»
OTB: Mens Pilatus satt på dommersetet, sendte hans kone ham en melding: "Ha ingenting å gjøre med den rettferdige mannen, for jeg har lidd mye i dag i en drøm på grunn av Ham."
B1930: Men mens han satt på dommersetet, sendte hans hustru bud til ham og lot si: Ha ikke noget med denne rettferdige å gjøre! for jeg har lidt meget i drømme idag for hans skyld.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
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Proverbs 29:1
A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
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1 Peter 2:22
“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
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Matthew 27:24
When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
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Luke 23:47
When the centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.”
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1 John 2:1
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
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Matthew 2:22
But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
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Matthew 2:12–13
And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.
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