Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1978 by the New 
York Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.

                                 BARABBAS

MAT 27:16  At that time they had a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas.

MAT 27:17  So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, "Which one do 
you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?"

MAT 27:18  For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over 
to him.

MAT 27:19  While Pilate was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him 
this message: "Don't have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have 
suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him."

MAT 27:20  But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask 
for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.

MAT 27:21  "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" asked the 
governor. "Barabbas," they answered.

MAT 27:22  "What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called Christ?" Pilate 
asked. They all answered, "Crucify him!"

MAT 27:23  "Why? What crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. But they 
shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!"

MAT 27:24  When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an 
uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the 
crowd. "I am innocent of this man's blood," he said. "It is your 
responsibility!"

MAT 27:25  All the people answered, "Let his blood be on us and on our 
children!"

MAT 27:26  Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and 
handed him over to be crucified.

MAR 15:7  A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who 
had committed murder in the uprising.

MAR 15:8  The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually 
did.

MAR 15:9  "Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?" asked 
Pilate,

MAR 15:10  knowing it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed 
Jesus over to him.

MAR 15:11  But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate 
release Barabbas instead.

MAR 15:12  "What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the 
Jews?" Pilate asked them.

MAR 15:13  "Crucify him!" they shouted.

MAR 15:14  "Why? What crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. But they 
shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!"

MAR 15:15  Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. 
He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.

LUK 23:18  With one voice they cried out, "Away with this man! Release 
Barabbas to us!"

LUK 23:19  (Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the 
city, and for murder.)

LUK 23:20  Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again.

LUK 23:21  But they kept shouting, "Crucify him! Crucify him!"

LUK 23:22  For the third time he spoke to them: "Why? What crime has this 
man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. 
Therefore I will have him punished and then release him."

LUK 23:23  But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be 
crucified, and their shouts prevailed.

LUK 23:24  So Pilate decided to grant their demand.

LUK 23:25  He released the man who had been thrown into prison for 
insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to 
their will.

JOH 18:40  They shouted back, "No, not him! Give us Barabbas!" Now Barabbas 
had taken part in a rebellion.

ACT 3:14  You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer 
be released to you.


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