Contradictions and Paradoxes in Matthew 27:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 27:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Matthew 27:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Matthew, during a special holiday, the leader of the area would let the people pick one prisoner to go free. It was like a tradition or a custom that happened each year.

Matthew 27:15: Now at [that] feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.

Contradiction with Luke 23:17

The verse is not found in all manuscripts, creating a textual variance rather than a direct contradiction with Matthew 27:15.

Luke 23:17: (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)

Contradiction with John 18:39

This verse also supports the custom mentioned in Matthew 27:15, about releasing a prisoner at the Passover, corroborating rather than contradicting it.

John 18:39: But 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?

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