Matthew 27:20-26

But the Chief Priests and the Councillors persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and to kill Jesus.

2 Corinthians 5:16

For ourselves, then, from this time forward, we refuse to regard any one from the world's standpoint. Even if we once thought of Christ from the standpoint of the world, yet now we do so no longer.

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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
But the Chief Priests and the Councillors persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and to kill Jesus.

The contempt

2 Corinthians 5:16
For ourselves, then, from this time forward, we refuse to regard any one from the world's standpoint. Even if we once thought of Christ from the standpoint of the world, yet now we do so no longer.