KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Matthew 27:13–15
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Matthew 27:13
13Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
13Then saith Pilate vnto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witnesse against thee?
Matthew 27:14
14And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
14And he answered him to neuer a word: insomuch that the Gouernour marueiled greatly.
Matthew 27:15
15Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
15*Now at that feast the Gouernor was woont to release vnto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
- Luke 23.17.
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DEFINED WORDS
Matthew 27:13
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A great number; numerous persons or things.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
One who testifies from knowledge; testimony; as a verb, to see, attest, or testify.
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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
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Matthew 27:14
Replied or responded; spoke in answer to a person, statement, or situation.
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Not ever; not at any time; in no case or degree.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
A spoken or written expression; a saying, message, command, promise, account, or matter.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A ruler, chief officer, or person entrusted with authority over others.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Wonder; admiration.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
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Matthew 27:15
A large or special meal, often connected with an appointed celebration; as a verb, to eat or entertain at such a meal.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
A ruler, chief officer, or person entrusted with authority over others.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Accustomed or habitually used to doing something.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Free, quit.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
One whose liberty is restrained by captivity, arrest, or confinement.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 13
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Open the full verse study62And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
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Open the full verse study24The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
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Open the full verse study35Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
From verse 14
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Open the full verse study18Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
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Open the full verse study9For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
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Open the full verse study7I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
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Open the full verse study8Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
From verse 15
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Open the full verse study27But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix’ room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.
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Open the full verse study9But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?
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Open the full verse study38Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
39But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
40Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
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Open the full verse study16Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
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Open the full verse study16I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
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Open the full verse study6Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
7And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
8And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.
9But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
10For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
11But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
12And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?
13And they cried out again, Crucify him.
14Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
15¶ And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
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Open the full verse study5But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
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