Matius 27:15

27:15 During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, ¹  whomever they wanted.

Matius 21:41

21:41 They said to him, “He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest.”

Matius 12:9

12:9 Then ²  Jesus ³  left that place and entered their synagogue. ⁴ 

[27:15]  ¹ sn The custom of Pilate to release one prisoner is unknown outside the gospels in Jewish writings, but it was a Roman custom at the time and thus probably used in Palestine as well (cf. Matt 27:15; John 18:39).

[12:9]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[12:9]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:9]  ⁴ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.