Barabbas] Some ancient authorities have here. the interesting reading 'Jesus Barabbas,' which may really have been the man's full name. The people may have preferred him to Christ because he had led a rebellion against Rome, whereas Christ had said, 'Render to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's.' The two thieves probably belonged to his company.
MATTHEW 27:17 @VIhsou/n to.n# Barabba/n {C} The reading preserved today in several Greek manuscripts and early versions was known to Origen, who declares in his commentary on the passage, “In many co...
See also the parallel places in Mark 15:6; Luke 23:17; John 18:39. Matthew 27:15...
CHAPTER 27 1. Delivered unto Pilate.(Matthew 27:1 .) 2. The Suicide of Judas.(Matthew 27:3 .) 3. Before Pilate. (Matthew 27:11 .) 4. The Awful Choice....
JESUS BEFORE PILATE (Mark 15:1 *, Luke 23:1; Luke 23:18). Mt. follows Mk. closely, but has an additional source of information on which he draws for Pilate's wife's dream and Pilate's handwashing. Thi...
THE MAN WHO SENTENCED JESUS TO DEATH (Matthew 27:1-2 ; Matthew 27:11-26)...
WILL. choose. App-102. CHRIST. Messiah. App-98....
_Therefore when they were gathered together_ In accordance, probably, with the custom named, Matthew 27:15, an appeal was made to the _people_, not to the Sanhedrin. Pilate was sitting on the tribunal...
The Trial before Pontius Pilate St Mark 15:2-15; St Luke 23:2-7; Luke 23:13-24; St John 18:29 to...
ΣΥΝΗΓΜΈΝΩΝ Κ.Τ.Λ. In accordance, probably, with the custom named, Matthew 27:15, an appeal was made to the _people_, not to the Sanhedrin. Pilate was sitting on the tribunal to ascertain the popular d...
THE TRIAL BEFORE PONTIUS PILATE St Mark 15:2-15; St Luke 23:2-5; Luke 23:13-24; St John 18:29 to...
Ver 15. Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. 16. And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. 17. Therefore when they were gathered...
_JESUS WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH BY PILATE MATTHEW 27:11-26:_ Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus did not reply to the false charges made by the chief priests and elders. This cause...
ΣΥΝΗΓΜΈΝΩΝ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΣΥΝΆΓΩ (G238) созывать вместе, собирать; _gen. abs._ ΆΠΟΛΎΣΩ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΟΛΎΩ (G67) отпускать....
SECTION 73 JESUS IS TRIED BY PILATE, CONDEMNED AND SCOURGED (Parallels: Mark 15:2-20; Luke 23:1-25; John 18:28 to John 19:16) TEXT: 27:
And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 23:1, and at...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 27 JUDAS KILLS HIMSELF 27:1-10 V1 It was very early in the morning. All the chief *priests and the other leaders decided that Jesus...
WHOM WILL YE THAT I RELEASE UNTO YOU? — This, we must remember, was all but the last attempt of Pilate to shift off from himself the dreaded burden of responsibility....
Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1 - Matthew 27:1 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large proportionate...
τίνα θέλετε ἀπολύσω. Here Pilate seems to take the initiative; in Mk. he is first reminded of the custom (Matthew 15:8). Mk.'s whole account is fuller and clearer. Βαρ. ἢ Ἰησ. The two names put before...
_Appeal to the people_. Pilate, not inexperienced in Jewish affairs, nor without insight into the ways of the ruling class, suspects that there are two sides to this matter. The very accusation sugges...
_Jesus before Pilate_ (Mark 15:2-15; Luke 23:2-7; Luke 23:13-25)....
BARABBAS OR CHRIST? Matthew 27:11-21 The vacillation of Pilate made him a criminal. Weakness becomes sin. At first he evidently meant to release Jesus, but instead of saying so outright, he strove t...
The morning saw the plot hatched in the night carried into effect. This is chronicled in the first two verses of the chapter. The picture of Judas in his remorse is very terrible. Pilate stands out as...
PILATE SEEKS TO RELEASE HIM IN LIEU OF BARABBAS Matthew 27:15-26; Mark 15:6-15; John 18:39-40; Luke 23:13-25. “ An
"And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. (12) And when he was accused of the chief priests and eld...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
After this (chapter 27), the unhappy priests and heads of the people deliver up their Messiah to the Gentiles, as He had told His disciples. Judas, in despair under Satan's power, hangs himself, havin...
THEREFORE WHEN THEY WERE GATHERED TOGETHER,.... Meaning not the chief priests and elders; for these were together before, but the common people; and so the Persic version renders the words, when the p...
Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? Ver. 17. _Whom will ye that I release?_] Pilate hop...
_Now at that feast_, &c. It had become a custom with the Roman governors, at the feast of the passover, to gratify the people with the pardon and release of any one prisoner they pleased. There was no...
The offer to release Jesus:...
THEREFORE, WHEN THEY WERE GATHERED TOGETHER, PILATE SAID UNTO THEM, WHOM WILL YE THAT I RELEASE UNTO YOU? BARABBAS, OR JESUS WHICH IS CALLED CHRIST?...
All night the Lord Jesus had been subjected to the persecution of the Jewish council. Now early in the morning, determined that He might be put to death as soon as possible, they bring Him bound to th...
11-25 Having no malice against Jesus, Pilate urged him to clear himself, and laboured to get him discharged. The message from his wife was a warning. God has many ways of giving checks to sinners, in...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 27:18"....
Matthew 27:17 Therefore G3767 they G846 together G4863 (G5772) Pilate G4091 said G2036 (G5627) them G846 Whom...
‘When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom will you that I release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” ' So Pilate, having recognised that for the sake of pe...
PILATE TRIES THE WAY OF COMPROMISE AND ENDS UP HAVING TO GIVE WAY BY WASHING HIS HANDS OF THE WHOLE SITUATION IN DECLARATION OF JESUS' INNOCENCE (27:15-26). Matthew now confirms that the Chief Priests...
THE CHIEF PRIEST AND ELDERS BRING ABOUT THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS BY MANIPULATION: THE REMORSE OF JUDAS AND THE TRIAL OF JESUS BEFORE PILATE (27:1-26). In this new subsection Matthew lays great stress...
Matthew 27:17. WHEN THEREFORE THEY WERE GATHERED TOGETHER. The Sanhedrin was gathered by Pilate himself, after Jesus had been sent back by Herod (Luke 23:7). As the morning wore on, there would be a g...
The account of Matthew is least detailed, but contains two incidents (Matthew 27:19; Matthew 27:24) peculiar to itself. The Jews first attempted to obtain Pilate's consent to the death of Jesus, witho...
BARABBAS OR JESUS WHICH IS CALLED CHRIST? (Βαραββαν η Ιησουν τον λεγομενον Χριστον;). Pilate was catching at straws or seeking any loophole to escape condemning a harmless lunatic or exponent of a s...
We are now to read about our Lord before Pontius Pilate. Matthew 27:15. Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. And they had then a notable pri...
CONTENTS: Jesus delivered to Pilate. Judas' remorse. Barabbas released in Jesus' place. The crucifixion of Christ. The entombment and sealing of the tomb. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Pilate, Judas, Jerem...
The redemption of man is comprised in many scenes. The last supper of our Lord his agony in the garden, for there man first offended the treason of Judas the apprehension of Christ his appearance befo...
SO WHEN THE CROWD GATHERED. When Pilate found Jesus was a Galilean, he sent him to Herod, ruler of that region, who was in Jerusalem at this time. After trying to get Jesus to do a miracle, Herod and...
_Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ._ THE RELEASE OF BARABBAS I. It illustrates the evasion of personal responsibility. We always admire courage in the abstract. Look at the position of Pilat...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 27:15 RELEASE FOR THE CROWD. Pilate had apparently begun this custom to win favor with the people. BARABBAS. A notorious criminal who had committed robbery (see note on...
PILATE HANDS JESUS OVER TO BE CRUCIFIED MATTHEW 27:15-26; MARK 15:6-15; LUKE 23:13-25; JOHN 18:38-40...
1-66 CHAPTER 27 Ver. 1. _But when the morning was come_ (Syr. _when it was dawn_), _all the chief priests_, &c. "See here," says S. Jerome, "the eagerness of the Priests for evil," _their feet were s...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 27:11. TIE GOVERNOR ASKED HIM.—Pilate, true to the Roman sense of justice, refused merely to confirm the sentence of the Sanhedrin (_Carr_). Matthew 27:16. BARABBAS.—“Son of...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 27:1, MATTHEW 27:2 _Jesus brought to Pilate. _(Mark 15:1; Luke 2
This time shall we turn in our Bibles to Matthew's gospel chapter twenty-seven? In the twenty-sixth chapter we left Jesus before the high priest, the Sanhedrin, and Peter had just outside of this grou...
1 Kings 18:21; John 19:15; Joshua 24:15; Matthew 27:21; Matthew 27:22