Matthew 27:15 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 27:15

Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.

KJV

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ASV

Now at the feast the governor was wont to release unto the multitude one prisoner, whom they would.

WEB

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

YLT

And at the feast the governor had been accustomed to release one to the multitude, a prisoner, whom they willed,

DBT

Now at [the] feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whom they would.

About this book

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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Cross-references

9 verses on the floor

John 18:39
But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
Acts 24:27
But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix’ room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.
Matthew 26:5
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
John 19:16
Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
John 18:38–40
Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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However, it was a bad custom, an obstruction to justice, and an encouragement to wickedness. But our gospel-passover is celebrated with the release of prisoners, by him who hath power on earth to forgive sins. (2.) The prisoner put in competition with our Lord Jesus was Barabbas; he is here called a notable prisoner (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Word trails from this verse

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

G223220× in canon G63063× in canon G3793175× in canon G2309208× in canon G1520343× in canon

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Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

MAT 27:15ACT 24:27 ACT 12:3
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 27:15ACT 24:27 MRK 15:15
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 27:15ACT 24:27 ACT 25:9
MAT 27:15ACT 24:27 ACT 25:14
MAT 27:15MAT 26:5 MAT 27:24
MAT 27:15ACT 24:27 ACT 25:1
MAT 27:15ACT 25:9 ACT 24:27
MAT 27:15MAT 26:5 MAT 14:5

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