| Matthew 27:16 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | At that time there was a well-known prisoner by the name of Barabbas.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. |
| ASV: | And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. |
| BBE: | And they had then an important prisoner, whose name was Barabbas. |
| DBY: | And they had then a notable prisoner, named Barabbas. |
| ERV: | And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. |
| WEY: | and at this time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. |
| WBS: | And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. |
| WEB: | They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. |
| YLT: | and they had then a noted prisoner, called Barabbas, |
| Matthew 27:16 Cross References |
| XREF: | Matthew 27:15 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the people any one prisoner whom they wanted.
Matthew 27:17 So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?" (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| PNT: | 27:16 A notable prisoner. A leader in an insurrection in which he had committed murder (Mr 15:7 Lu 23:19).
Barabbas. The word means son of a father. Some have made him a type of the guilty human race which is released from punishment by the substitution of the innocent Christ. |
| MHC: | 27:11-25 Having no malice against Jesus, Pilate urged him to clear himself, and laboured to get him discharged. The message from his wife was a warning. God has many ways of giving checks to sinners, in their sinful pursuits, and it is a great mercy to have such checks from Providence, from faithful friends, and from our own consciences. O do not this abominable thing which the Lord hates! is what we may hear said to us, when we are entering into temptation, if we will but regard it. Being overruled by the priests, the people made choice of Barabbas. Multitudes who choose the world, rather than God, for their ruler and portion, thus choose their own delusions. The Jews were so bent upon the death of Christ, that Pilate thought it would be dangerous to refuse. And this struggle shows the power of conscience even on the worst men. Yet all was so ordered to make it evident that Christ suffered for no fault of his own, but for the sins of his people. How vain for Pilate to expect to free himself from the guilt of the innocent blood of a righteous person, whom he was by his office bound to protect! The Jews' curse upon themselves has been awfully answered in the sufferings of their nation. None could bear the sin of others, except Him that had no sin of his own to answer for. And are we not all concerned? Is not Barabbas preferred to Jesus, when sinners reject salvation that they may retain their darling sins, which rob God of his glory, and murder their souls? The blood of Christ is now upon us for good, through mercy, by the Jews' rejection of it. O let us flee to it for refuge! |
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