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Then they all cried out again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.
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Choosing a Robber Over a King
The crowd's choice was not between Jesus and a petty thief. Commentators explain that Barabbas was a 'robber,' 'brigand,' and 'insurgent'—a violent revolutionary. To some, he may have even been a political hero. The people, instigated by the priests, chose a man of worldly violence over the King whose kingdom is not of this world, revealing their tragic misunderstanding of the Messiah.
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Cried out (εκραυγασαν). First aorist active of κραυγαζω, old and rare verb from κραυγη, outcry (Matthew 25:6), as in M…
19th Century
Anglican
Then cried they all again.—St. John has not recorded any clamor before, but implies that of Mark 15:8, and Luke 23:5-10.<…
Pilate miscalculated the attitude of the crowd at this point. They had been instructed by the priests to ask for the death of Jesus; so instead of …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then cried they all again For it seems that Pilate had made this proposal once before, and that this was the second time,…
Presbyterian
Are you the King of the Jews? That King of the Jews who has been so long expected? Messiah the Prince; are you he? Do you call yourself so, and wou…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Previously, the Evangelist told how Pilate examined Christ before his accusers; here, he describes how Pilate questioned him in private. …
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