Matthew 27:19

¹⁷ 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?

¹⁸ For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

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.

²⁰ But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

²¹ The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.

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, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
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Proverbs 29:1
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
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1 Peter 2:22
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
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Matthew 27:24
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
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Luke 23:47
Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
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1 John 2:1
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
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Matthew 2:22
But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
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Matthew 2:12–13
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
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