John 18:40

WEB

⁴⁰Then they all shouted again, saying, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.

KJV

⁴⁰Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

BSB

⁴⁰“Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)

FBV

⁴⁰“No, not him! We want Barabbas instead!” they shouted back. Barabbas was a rebel.

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Extra References

Matthew 27:26

²⁶Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.

Luke 23:25

²⁵He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.

Matthew 27:16

¹⁶They had then a notable prisoner called Barabbas.

Mark 15:15

¹⁵Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.

Mark 15:7

⁷There was one called Barabbas, bound with his fellow insurgents, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

¹³The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him. ¹⁴But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

Luke 23:18-19

¹⁸^[+] But they all cried out together, saying, “Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!”— ¹⁹one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.