Matthew 27:18

For he knew that they had delivered him up through envy.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

In Context

17They therefore being gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom will ye that I release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?

19But, as 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 to-day many things in a dream because of him.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:11And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying.

Psalms 106:16And they envied Moses in the camp, [and] Aaron, the saint of Jehovah.

Ecclesiastes 4:4And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man's jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

Mark 15:10for he knew that the chief priests had delivered him up through envy.

Acts 7:9And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him away into Egypt. And God was with him,

James 4:5Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?

Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:12-26

Christ at the Bar of Pilate. 11 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 elders, he answered nothing. 13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? 14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. 15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom… Read the whole commentary →

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