Acts 3:14

But you disowned and denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for [the pardon of] a murderer to be granted to you.

Mark 1:24

saying, “What business do You have with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

Acts 4:27

For in this city there were gathered together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

Acts 7:52

Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who proclaimed beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become;

1 Peter 3:18

For indeed Christ died for sins once for all, the Just and Righteous for the unjust and unrighteous [the Innocent for the guilty] so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit;

Zechariah 9:9


Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O Daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your King (Messianic King) is coming to you;
He is righteous and endowed with salvation,
Humble and unassuming [in submission to the will of the Father] and riding on a donkey,
Upon a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Luke 23:18-19

But they [loudly] shouted out all together, saying, “Away with this Man, and release Barabbas to us!”

Luke 23:25

And he released the man they were asking for who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, but he handed over Jesus to their will.

Acts 22:14

And he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, [and to progressively understand His plan with clarity and power] and to see the Righteous One [Jesus Christ, the Messiah] and to hear a message from His [own] mouth.

James 5:6

You have condemned and have put to death the righteous man; he offers you no resistance.

1 John 2:1

My little children (believers, dear ones), I am writing you these things so that you will not sin and violate God’s law. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate [who will intercede for us] with the Father: Jesus Christ the righteous [the upright, the just One, who conforms to the Father’s will in every way—purpose, thought, and action].

Revelation 3:7

“And to the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Philadelphia write:

“These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, He who has the key [to the house] of David, He who opens and no one will [be able to] shut, and He who shuts and no one opens:

Psalm 16:10


For You will not abandon me to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.

Mark 15:7

The man called Barabbas was imprisoned with the insurrectionists (revolutionaries) who had committed murder in the civil rebellion.

Mark 15:11

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to get him to release Barabbas for them instead.

Luke 1:35

Then the angel replied to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you [like a cloud]; for that reason the holy (pure, sinless) Child shall be called the Son of God.

Acts 2:27


For You will not forsake me and abandon my soul to Hades (the realm of the dead),
Nor let Your Holy One undergo decay [after death].

2 Corinthians 5:21

He made Christ who knew no sin to [judicially] be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we would become the righteousness of God [that is, we would be made acceptable to Him and placed in a right relationship with Him by His gracious lovingkindness].

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

Bible References

Desired

Mark 15:7
The man called Barabbas was imprisoned with the insurrectionists (revolutionaries) who had committed murder in the civil rebellion.
Luke 23:19
(He was one who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection that happened in the city, and for murder.)

General references

Mark 12:11

This came about from the Lord,
And it is marvelous and wonderful in our eyes’?”
Mark 15:11
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to get him to release Barabbas for them instead.
Luke 19:14
But his citizens [the residents of his new kingdom] hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to be a king over us.’
Luke 23:19
(He was one who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection that happened in the city, and for murder.)
Luke 24:20
and how the chief priests and our rulers handed Him over to be sentenced to death, and crucified Him.
John 16:9
about sin [and the true nature of it], because they do not believe in Me [and My message];
John 18:40
Then they all shouted back again, “Not this Man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.
Acts 13:28
And though they found no cause or charge deserving death, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.