An opportunity came during Herod's birthday celebration, when he gave a banquet for his top officials, military officers, and the most important people of Galilee.

How was it that he went into the House of God during the lifetime of Abiathar the high priest and ate the Bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and gave some of it to his companions?"

because they kept saying, "This must not happen during the festival. Otherwise, there'll be a riot among the people."

Now there was a man in prison named Barabbas. He had been with the insurgents who had committed murder during the rebellion.