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John 18:40

Barabbas

38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.

39 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?

Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
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BSB
“Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)
KJV
Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
WEB
Then they all shouted again, saying, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.
ASV
They cried out therefore again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.)
DARBY
They cried therefore again all, saying, Not this [man], but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
BLB
Then they cried out again, saying, “Not this one, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.
ÅB
De ropte da alle sammen igjen og sa: Ikke ham, men Barabbas! Men Barabbas var en røver.
OTB
De ropte tilbake: "Ikke denne mannen, men Barabbas!" Nå var Barabbas en opprører.
B1930
De ropte da atter alle sammen og sa: Ikke ham, men Barabbas! Men Barabbas var en røver.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Matthew 27:26

    Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

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  • Mark 15:15

    And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

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  • Matthew 27:16

    And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

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  • Luke 23:25

    And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.

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  • Mark 15:7

    And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

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  • Luke 23:18–19

    And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:

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  • Acts 3:13–14

    The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.

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