Christian Standard Bible
Matthew 27:26
26Then he released Barabbas to them and, after having Jesus flogged, handed him over to be crucified.
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
24When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was starting instead, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. See to it yourselves!” 25All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!” Then he released Barabbas to them and, after having Jesus flogged, handed him over to be crucified. 27Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence and gathered the whole company around him. 28They stripped him and dressed him in a scarlet robe.
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τότε ἀπέλυσεν αὐτοῖς τὸν Βαραββᾶν· τὸν δὲ Ἰησοῦν φραγελλώσας παρέδωκεν ἵνα σταυρωθῇ.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thenτότεtote · thenG5119
- released heἀπολύωapoluō · to release: releaseG630
- Barabbasὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- BarabbasΒαραββᾶςBarabbas · BarabbasG912
- unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- andδέde · thenG1161
- when he had scourgedφραγελλόωphragelloō · to whipG5417
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- he deliveredπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
- toἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- be crucifiedσταυρόωstauroō · to crucifyG4717
Cross-references for Matthew 27:26
- Mark 15:15Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them; and after having Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.
- Luke 23:25and released the one they were asking for, who had been thrown into prison for rebellion and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.
- Matthew 20:19They will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked, flogged, and crucified, and on the third day he will be raised.”
- Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who tore out my beard. I did not hide my face from scorn and spitting.
- Isaiah 53:5But he was pierced because of our rebellion, crushed because of our iniquities; punishment for our peace was on him, and we are healed by his wounds.
- Mark 10:34and they will mock him, spit on him, flog him, and kill him, and he will rise after three days.”
- Luke 18:32For he will be handed over to the Gentiles, and he will be mocked, insulted, spit on;
- Luke 23:16Therefore, I will have him whipped and then release him.”
- John 19:1Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.
- 1 Peter 2:24He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree; so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been 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
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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
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