Matthew 27:20 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 27:20

But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Ask Barabbas - Who had raised an insurrection and committed murder - and to destroy Jesus, whose voice was never heard in their streets, and who had, during the space of three years and a half, gone about unweariedly, from village to village, instructing the ignorant, healing the diseased, and raising the dead.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Here, [1.] We cannot but look upon these wicked priests with indignation; by the law, in matters of controversy between blood and blood, the people were to be guided by the priests, and to do as they informed them, Deut. xvii.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

These verses describe our Lord’s appearance before Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor. That sight must have been wonderful to the angels of God. He who will one day judge the world allowed himself to be judged and condemned, though “he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth” ( Isaiah 53:9 ). He, from whose lips Pilate and Caiaphas will one day receive their eternal sentence suffered silently, an unjust sentence to be passed upon him.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Οἱ	Hoi	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
ἀρχιερεῖς	archiereis	the chief priests	G749 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
πρεσβύτεροι	presbuteroi	elders	G4245 →
ἔπεισαν	epeisan	persuaded	G3982 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
ὄχλους	ochlous	crowds	G3793 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
αἰτήσωνται	aitēsōntai	they may ask for	G154 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Βαραββᾶν,	Barabban	Barabbas,	G912 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	and	G1161 →
Ἰησοῦν	Iēsoun	Jesus	G2424 →
ἀπολέσωσιν.¶	apolesōsin	may destroy.	G622 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Mark 15:11
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead.
leads to
- Acts 3:14
  You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
- John 18:40
  “Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)
- Hosea 5:1
  “Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on…
Through
John 18:40
“Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)
leads to
- Luke 23:18–19
  But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”
- Mark 15:7
  And a man named Barabbas was imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder during the insurrection.
- Matthew 27:16
  At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.
- Mark 15:15
  And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
- Acts 3:13–14
  The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew