Bible Verses

for he knew that Jesus had been handed over to him because of envy.

When the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them: “Whom do you want me to set free: Barabbas or Jesus called the Messiah?”

Now, there was a famous prisoner named Barabbas.

Jesus’ Condemnation During Passover, it was customary for the governor to release any prisoner the people requested.

But he did not answer even one question, so that the governor wondered greatly.

Pilate said to him, “Do you hear all the charges they bring against you?”

The chief priests and the elders of the people accused him, but he made no answer.

Jesus Before Pilate Jesus stood before the governor. Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus answered, “You say so.”

and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.

What the prophet Jeremiah said was fulfilled: They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price the Sons of Israel valued as his worth,