“Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner whom they desired.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Matthew 27 contains 66 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.