John 18:40

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

38“What is truth?” Pilate asked. Then he went out again to the people and told them, “He is not guilty of any crime. 39But you have a custom of asking me to release one prisoner each year at Passover. Would you like me to release this ‘King of the Jews’?” But they shouted back, “No! Not this man. We want Barabbas!” (Barabbas was a revolutionary.)

John 18:40 word by word

ἐκραύγασαν οὖν πάλιν λέγοντες· μὴ τοῦτον ἀλλὰ τὸν Βαραββᾶν· ἦν δὲ ὁ Βαραββᾶς λῃστής.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• cried theyκραυγάζωkraugazō · to shoutG2905
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• againπάλινpalin · againG3825
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Notμήmē · notG3361
• this manοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• Barabbasὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• BarabbasΒαραββᾶςBarabbas · BarabbasG912
• Nowδέde · thenG1161
• wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• a robberλῃστήςlēstēs · robber/rebelG3027

Cross-references for John 18:40

• Matthew 27:16This year there was a notorious prisoner, a man named Barabbas.
• Mark 15:7One of the prisoners at that time was Barabbas, a revolutionary who had committed murder in an uprising.
• Luke 23:18Then a mighty roar rose from the crowd, and with one voice they shouted, “Kill him, and release Barabbas to us!”
• Acts 3:13For it is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the God of all our ancestors—who has brought glory to his servant Jesus by doing this. This is the same Jesus whom you handed over and rejected before Pilate, despite Pilate’s decision to release him.

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

Topics related to John 18:40

• Barabbas
• Demagogism
• Jesus, the Christ
• Pilate, Pontius
• Prisoners

In the dictionaries

• Barabbas
• Judge
• Resort
• Robbery
• Cohort
• Cry, Crying
• Jesus Christ
• John, Gospel of
• Pilate; Pontius

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