Matthew 27:18
16 At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.
17 So when the crowd had assembled, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”
For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.
19 While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”
20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.
- KJV
- For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
- WEB
- For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.
- ASV
- For he knew that for envy they had delivered him up.
- DARBY
- For he knew that they had delivered him up through envy.
- BLB
- For he had known that they delivered Him up because of envy.
- ÅB
- For han visste at det var av avind de hadde overgitt ham til ham.
- OTB
- Han visste at det var av misunnelse de hadde overgitt Jesus til ham.
- B1930
- For han visste at det var av avind de hadde overgitt ham til ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 27:4
Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
Read in contextActs 5:17
Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
Read in contextMark 15:10
For he knew it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over.
Read in contextGenesis 37:11
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
Read in contextActs 13:45
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
Read in contextJames 4:5
Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
Read in contextActs 7:9
Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
Read in contextPsalms 106:16
In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
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