Matthew 26:2

2 a“You know that after two days bthe Passover is coming, and cthe Son of Man dwill be delivered up to be crucified.”

Matthew 26:5

5But they said, “Not during the feast, elest there be an uproar among the people.”

Matthew 27:15

The Crowd Chooses Barabbas

15 fNow at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted.

Luke 23:16-17

16 gI will therefore punish and release him.”
Here, or after verse 19, some manuscripts add verse 17: Now he was obliged to release one man to them at the festival


John 18:39-40

39 iBut you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” 40They cried out again, jNot this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.
Or  an insurrectionist


Acts 24:27

27When two years had elapsed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius lFestus. And mdesiring to do the Jews a favor, nFelix left Paul in prison.

Acts 25:9

9But Festus, owishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem and there be tried on these charges before me?”
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