Matthew 27:20-26

And the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

2 Corinthians 5:16

So that we from now know no man after the flesh: if indeed we have known Christ after the flesh, but we now know him no more.

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Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

The contempt

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

The contempt

2 Corinthians 5:16
So that we from now know no man after the flesh: if indeed we have known Christ after the flesh, but we now know him no more.