to ask (in genitive case) · verb — aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd person plural
Barabbas
Βαραββᾶν,Barabban
G912
son of Abba · noun — accusative singular masculine, a proper name
and
δὲde
G1161
but · conjunction
destroy
ἀπολέσωσιν.¶apolesōsin
G622
to destroy fully (reflexively · verb — aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural
Jesus
ἸησοῦνIēsoun
G2424
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua) · noun — accusative singular masculine, a proper name
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Cross-references
John 19:15-16 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered…
Acts 3:14-15 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
Mark 15:11 But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
John 18:40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
Luke 23:18-20 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
Acts 14:18-19 And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
Acts 19:23-29 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Matthew 27:9
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying-- (Zac 11:12-13). Never was a complicated prophecy, otherwise hopelessly dark, more marvellously fulfilled. Various conjectures have been formed to account for Matthew's ascribing to Jeremiah a prophecy found in the book of Zechariah. But since with this book he was plainly familiar, having quoted one of its most remarkable prophecies of Christ but a few chapters before (Mat 21:4-5), the question is one more of critical interest than real importance. Perhaps the true explanation is the following, from LIGHTFOOT: "Jeremiah of old had the first place among the prophets, and hereby he comes to be mentioned above all the rest…
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude,.... Among whom the choice lay who should be released. This they did not by haranguing them, or making a public oration to them; but by sending their servants, or proper persons among them, telling them that Jesus had been examined before the sanhedrim that morning, and was found to be a blasphemer; and that the whole court had unanimously condemned him to death, and therefore it became them to act according to their decree: and besides, should this man be set free, they might suggest to them, since he has given out that he is the king Messiah, the Romans hearing of it, will be jealous of such a person, and come and take away both our…
Matthew 27:15-23
Matthew 27:15-23
Mark 15:6-14
Luke 23:13-23
15. Now the governor was wont at the festival to release to the multitude one prisoner, whomsoever they wished. 16. And they had at that time a notable prisoner, who was called Barabbas. 17. When they were assembled, therefore, Pilate said, Which of them do you wish that I should release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ? 18. For he knew that they had delivered him up through envy. 19. And while he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that righteous man; for I have suffered many thing today in a dream on his account. 20. But the chief priests and the elders…
The Church Fathers
At the desire of the Priests the populace chose Barabbas, which is interpreted 'the son of a Father,' thus shadowing forth the unbelief to come when Antichrist the son of sin should be preferred to Christ.
When Pilate offered to release Jesus, following the customary practice wherein the people were granted the privilege of gaining the freedom of one prisoner per solemn feast day, they were persuaded by their priests to choose Barabbas instead. Here already the mystery of their future infidelity is contained in Barabbas's very name, which means "son of the father." They preferred this "son of the father" to Christ. At the instigation of their leaders, they chose the Antichrist, a man of sin and son of the devil. They chose the one elected for damnation over the author of life.
But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the people to ask for Barabbas, but to destroy Jesus. And the governor answering said to them: Which of the two do you wish that I release to you? But they said: Barabbas. And it is possible to see even now how the people of the Jews are persuaded and stirred up by their elders and by the teachers of the Jewish worship against Jesus, so that they may destroy him (so far as it lies in themselves) and have Barabbas set free; for the crowds believe their chiefs and priests. And for the most part the governor indeed said to the people: Which of the two do you wish that I release to you?, but the crowds — as being true crowds and many, who walk the "broad way that leads to destruction" — asked that Barabbas be released, wishing to have him set free for themselves.
The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).
Dictionary and topics
Barabbas — I.e., son of Abba or of a father, a notorious robber whom Pilate proposed to condemn to death instead of Jesus, whom he wished to release, in accordance with the Roman custom (John 18:40; Mark 15:7;…
Barabbas · A pri — A pri
Complicity · .Pilate, in the — .Pilate, in the
Court · 3:11;7:3; — 3:11;7:3;
Demagogism · .Pilate — .Pilate
Judge · Kings and other rulers as — Kings and other rulers as
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
