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John 18:40
40They cried therefore again all, saying, Not this [man], but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
John 18:40 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
- New International Version (NIV)They shouted back, “No, not him! Give us Barabbas!” Now Barabbas had taken part in an uprising.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They cried out again, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then they all cried again, saying, “Not this Man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.
Context of John 18:40
38Pilate says to him, What is truth? And having said this he went out again to the Jews, and says to them, I find no fault whatever in him. 39But ye have a custom that I release [some] one to you at the passover; will ye therefore that I release unto you the king of the Jews? They cried therefore again all, saying, Not this [man], but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
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ἐκραύγασαν οὖν πάλιν λέγοντες· μὴ τοῦτον ἀλλὰ τὸν Βαραββᾶν· ἦν δὲ ὁ Βαραββᾶς λῃστής.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for John 18:40
- Matthew 27:16And they had then a notable prisoner, named Barabbas.
- Mark 15:7Now there was the [person] named Barabbas bound with those who had made insurrection with [him], [and] that had committed murder in the insurrection.
- Luke 23:18But they cried out in a mass saying, Away with this [man] and release Barabbas to us;
- Acts 3:13The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he had judged that he should be let go.
Commentaries on John 18:40
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 40Barabbas was a robber - See Matthew 27:16. The later Syriac has in the margin, ͅ, a chief robber, a captain of banditti, and it is probable that this was the case. He was not only a person who lived by plunder, but shed the blood of many of those whom he and his gang robbed, and rose up against the Roman government, as we learn from Luke 23:19. There never existed a more perfidious, cruel, and murderous people than these Jews; and no wonder they preferred…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 33-40Verses 33-40 Art thou the King of the Jews? that King of the Jews who has been so long expected? Messiah the Prince; art thou he? Dost thou call thyself so, and wouldest thou be thought so? Christ answered this question with another; not for evasion, but that Pilate might consider what he did. He never took upon him any earthly power, never were any traitorous principles or practices laid to him. Christ gave an account of the nature of his kingdom. Its…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 40Jesus was not a threat to Rome, but Barabbas was a revolutionary. He was a violent man involved in political uprisings. Barabbas had proven his capacity to challenge the Roman military occupation of Israel (see Luke 23:19).Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 18
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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