Discovery BoxMatthew 2:14 
Context2:14 Then he got up, took the child and his mother during 1 the night, and went to Egypt.
Matthew 26:5
Context26:5 But they said, “Not during the feast, so that there won’t be a riot among the people.” 2
Matthew 27:15
Context27:15 During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, 3 whomever they wanted.
1 tn The feminine singular genitive noun νυκτός (nuktos, “night”) indicates the time during which the action of the main verb takes place (ExSyn 124).
2 sn The suggestion here is that Jesus was too popular to openly arrest him.
3 sn The custom of Pilate to release one prisoner is unknown outside the gospels in Jewish writings, but it was a Roman custom at the time and thus probably used in Palestine as well (cf. Matt 27:15; John 18:39).
