all at once If we read pletheifor pamplethei, the meaning will be that -they (the priests) called aloud to themultitude," as in Matthew 27:20. The choice of Barabbas by the mob was not spontaneous; it was instigated by these priestly murderers. The guilt of the Crucifixion rests mainlywith the Priests, because it was mainly due to their personal influence (Mark 15:2).

release tinto us Barabbas This was the last drop in the cup of Jewish iniquity. Romans 11:30-33.

Barabbas Rather, Bar-Abbas, -Son of a (distinguished) father," or Bar-Rabbas, -Son of a great Rabbi." Origen had the reading, -Jesus Bar-Abbas," in Matthew 27:17, and as Jesus was a common name, and Bar-Abbas is only a patronymic, the reading is not impossible. At this stage of the trial, Barabbas may have been led out, and the choice offered them between -Jesus Bar-Abbas and Jesus which is called Christ" as they stood on the pavement side by side.

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