English Standard Version
Matthew 27:26
26Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.
- New Living Translation (NLT)So Pilate released Barabbas to them. He ordered Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip, then turned him over to the Roman soldiers to be crucified.
Context of Matthew 27:26
24So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves." 25And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!" Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified. 27Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him. 28And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him,
Read all of Matthew 27Matthew 27:26 word by word
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 15:15So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
- Luke 23:25He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus over to their will.
- Matthew 20:19and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day."
- Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.
- Isaiah 53:5But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.
- Mark 10:34And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise."
- Luke 18:32For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon.
- Luke 23:16I will therefore punish and release him."
- John 19:1Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him.
- 1 Peter 2:24He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to 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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