A moment in scripture

Matthew 27:17

"

Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?

"
Matthew 27:17Read chapter (KJV) KJV

The surrounding passage

  1. Matthew 27:15

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

  2. Matthew 27:16

    And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

  3. Matthew 27:18

    For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

  4. Matthew 27:19

    When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

Read all of Matthew 27 →

Download verse card

Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.