Matthew 27:15
Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.
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- Matthew 26:5 “But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
- Mark 15:6–8 Now it was Pilate’s custom at the feast to release to the people a prisoner of their choosing. And a man named Barabbas was imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder during the insurrection. So the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to keep his custom.
- Luke 23:16 Therefore I will punish Him and release Him.”