Matthew 27:15
Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
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Gill's Exposition
Now at that feast,.... The Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read, "at every feast": which looks as if the authors of these versions thought the sense was, that the following custom was used at…
See also the parallel places in Mar 15:6-14; Luk 23:17-23; Joh 18:39-40. Mat 27:15 At that feast - The feast of the Passover. The governor was wont to release ... - that is, was “accustomed” to…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner The origin of this custom is quite unknown; St Mark says, "as he had ever done unto them," as if the custom originated with Pilate; St Luke…
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