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Matthew 27:16-18
Living Bible
Matthew 27:16-18
Living Bible
16 This year there was a particularly notorious criminal in jail named Barabbas, 17 and as the crowds gathered before Pilate’s house that morning he asked them, “Which shall I release to you—Barabbas, or Jesus your Messiah?”[a] 18 For he knew very well that the Jewish leaders had arrested Jesus out of envy because of his popularity with the people.
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- Matthew 27:17 Jesus your Messiah, literally, “Jesus who is called Christ.”
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