Contradictions and Paradoxes in Matthew 27:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 27:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Matthew 27:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Matthew, Pilate asked the crowd to choose who they wanted to set free—Barabbas, a man who did bad things, or Jesus, who is called Christ. This shows how people chose to free a bad person instead of Jesus.

Matthew 27:17: Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?

Contradiction with Matthew 27:15

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

Contradiction with Matthew 27:19

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Matthew 27:19: When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

Contradiction with Matthew 27:20

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Matthew 27:20: But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

Contradiction with Matthew 27:24

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Matthew 27:24: When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but [that] rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed [his] hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye [to it].

Contradiction with Mark 15:6

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Mark 15:6: Now at [that] feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.

Contradiction with Luke 23:17

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

Contradiction with John 18:39

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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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