Pontius Pilate Pilate was "astonished". Pilate appears to have been reluctant to allow the crucifixion of Jesus, finding no fault with him. According to Matthew 27:19, even Pilate's wife spoke to him on Jesus' behalf. According to the gospels, it was the custom of the Roman governor to release one prisoner at Passover, and Pilate brought out Barabbas, identified by Matthew as a "notorious prisoner" and by Mark as a murderer, and told the crowd to choose between releasing Barabbas or Jesus as per the custom, in the hopes of getting them to request the release of Jesus. However, the crowd demanded
Matthew 27:3 as condemned for his betrayal of Jesus. Other scholars, such as Davies and Allison, don't see as sharp a distinction between Judas' remorse and Peter's repentance. Matthew 27:3 Matthew 27:3 is the third verse of the twenty-seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. This verse returns to the story of Judas Iscariot who in the last chapter had accept payment to betray Jesus to the Jewish authorities. This passage begins the story of his remorse and death. The original Koine Greek, according to Westcott and Hort, reads: In the King James Version of the Bible it