Mat 27:15-18 | ESV | STEP | Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted .

aFor ver. 15-26, see Mark 15:6-15; Luke 23:18-25; John 18:39, 40; 19:16

‏ Matthew 27:15-18

The Crowd Chooses Barabbas

15 ^aNow at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted. 16 And they had then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. 17 So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you: Barabbas, or ^bJesus who is called Christ?” 18 For he knew that it was out ^cof envy that they had delivered him up.