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 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

24When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this just Person. You see to it.” 25And all the people answered and said, “His blood be on us and on our children.” Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified. 27Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around Him. 28And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.

Matthew 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, wanting to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and he delivered Jesus, after he had scourged Him, to be crucified.
• Luke 23:25And he released to them the one they requested, who for rebellion and murder had been thrown into prison; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
• Matthew 20:19and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again.”
• Isaiah 50:6I gave My back to those who struck Me, And My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; I did not hide My face from shame and spitting.
• Isaiah 53:5But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
• Mark 10:34and they will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.”
• Luke 18:32For He will be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.
• Luke 23:16I will therefore chastise Him and release Him”
• John 19:1So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him.
• 1 Peter 2:24who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you 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
• Notable
• 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