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Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.
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The Great Exchange
The release of Barabbas, a murderer, in exchange for the innocent Jesus is a powerful picture of substitutionary atonement. Commentators like John Gill and John Calvin explain that Barabbas serves as an emblem for all sinners. The guilty is set free because the innocent takes his place, enduring the punishment we deserved. Christ's formal condemnation by a judge secures our legal acquittal before God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And when he had scourged Jesus. (See Barnes on Matthew 10:17).
Among the Romans, it was customary to scourge, or whip, a slave befo…
Scourged (φραγελλωσας). The Latin verb flagellare. Pilate apparently lost interest in Jesus when he discovered that he had …
19th Century
Anglican
When he had scourged Jesus — The word used by St. Matthew, derived from the Latin flagellum, shows that it was the Roman …
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Baptist
Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. And they had then a notable prisoner, called Ba…
On flogging, see comment on Mk 15:15. Jesus’ flogging took place before the verdict and so was not repeated after the verdict. Pilate, after furthe…
16th Century
Protestant
Then he released to them Barabbas. Our three Evangelists do not mention what is related by John (John 15:13), that Pilate asce…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then released he Barabbas unto them The seditious person, robber, and murderer, for which crimes he was in prison. T…
Crucifixion was a death penalty used only by the Romans; it was very terrible and miserable. A cross was laid on the ground, to which the hands and…
13th Century
Catholic
Above, the Evangelist recounted what Christ suffered from the Jews; here, he recounts what He suffered from the Gentiles. And he does four things:<…
