Matthew 27:26

Matthew 27:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
• New International Version (NIV)Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.

Context of Matthew 27:26

24So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye to it. 25And all the people answered and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. Then released he unto them Barabbas; but Jesus he scourged and delivered to be crucified. 27Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Prætorium, and gathered unto him the whole band. 28And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

Matthew 27:26 word by word

τότε ἀπέλυσεν αὐτοῖς τὸν Βαραββᾶν· τὸν δὲ Ἰησοῦν φραγελλώσας παρέδωκεν ἵνα σταυρωθῇ.¶Read the interlinear

• Thenτότεtote · thenG5119
• releasedἀπολύωapoluō · to release: releaseG630
• BarabbasΒαραββᾶςBarabbas · BarabbasG912
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• deliveredπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
• crucifiedσταυρόωstauroō · to crucifyG4717

Cross-references for Matthew 27:26

• Mark 15:15And Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released unto them Barabbas, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
• Luke 23:25And he released him that for insurrection and murder had been cast into prison, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.
• Matthew 20:19and shall deliver him unto the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify: and the third day he shall be raised up.
• Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
• Isaiah 53:5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
• Mark 10:34and they shall mock him, and shall spit upon him, and shall scourge him, and shall kill him; and after three days he shall rise again.
• Luke 18:32For he shall be delivered up unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon:
• Luke 23:16I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
• John 19:1Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
• 1 Peter 2:24who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

Commentaries on Matthew 27:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Scourged Jesus - This is allowed to have been a very severe punishment of itself among the Romans, the flesh being generally cut by the whips used for this purpose: so the poet: - - Horribili Sectere flagello. "To be cut by the horrible whip." Hor. Sat. I. 3. 119. And sometimes it seems, they were whipped to death. See the same poet, Sat. I. 2. 41. - Ille Flagellis Ad Mortem caesus See also Horat. Epod. od. iv. v. 11. It has been thought that Pilate might…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26And when he had scourged Jesus - See the notes at Matthew 10:17. Among the Romans it was customary to scourge or whip a “slave” before he was crucified. This was done to inflict greater suffering. than crucifixion would be alone, and to add to the horrors of the punishment. Our Lord, being about to be put to death after the manner of a slave, was also treated as a slave as one of the lowest and most despised of mankind. He delivered him to be crucified…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-30Verses 26-30 Crucifixion was a death used only among the Romans; it was very terrible and miserable. A cross was laid on the ground, to which the hands and feet were nailed, it was then lifted up and fixed upright, so that the weight of the body hung on the nails, till the sufferer died in agony. Christ thus answered the type of the brazen serpent raised on a pole. Christ underwent all the misery and shame here related, that he might purchase for us…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26When the Romans flogged a man, they beat him with whips that had leather straps on the end. Some straps had sharp bone, lead, or rock pieces attached (see also Deuteronomy 25:1–3; 1 Kings 12:11, 14; Acts 16:22; 22:25; 2 Corinthians 11:24–25).Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 27:26

• Barabbas
• Complicity
• Court
• Demagogism
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judge
• Opinion, Public
• Persecution
• Politics
• Prisoners
• Punishment
• Rulers
• Scourging
• Verdict

In the dictionaries

• Barabbas
• Jesus
• Accusation
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• Plat
• Scourging
• Seal
• Stripes
• Wag
• Watch

Commentaries on Matthew 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings