Crowd chooses Barabbas

354	CROWD CHOOSES BARABBAS
Matt 27		Mark 15		Luke 23
20	Now the chief priests	11	But the chief priests
	and the elders
	persuaded the people		stirred up the crowd	18	But they all cried out together,
					"Away with this man,
	to ask for		to have him release for them		and release to us
	Barabbas and destroy Jesus.		Barabbas instead.		Barabbas" --
				19	a man
	[see Matt 27:16]		[see Mark 15:7]		who had been thrown into prison
					for an insurrection
					started in the city,
					and for murder.
21	The governor again said to them,
	"Which of the two do you want me
	to release for you?"
	And they said, "Barab'bas."

Color Code
Blue	Three texts use same vocabulary.
Teal	Two texts use same vocabulary.
Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel element in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order.
354	Sequence in synoptic outlines

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
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