Matthew 27:15
Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner whom they desired.
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- Matthew 26:5 But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”
- Mark 15:6–8 Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whomever they asked of him. There was one called Barabbas, bound with his fellow insurgents, men who in the insurrection had committed murder. The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.
- Luke 23:16 I will therefore chastise him and release him.”