Mark 15:7

And there was one named Bar Abas, who was confined with the movers of sedition, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

In Context

6And it was his custom, at each festival, to release to them one prisoner, whom they might desire.

8And the people clamored, and began to demand, that he should do to them as he was accustomed.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:16And they had then in bonds a noted prisoner, called Bar Abas.

Luke 23:25And he released to them him, who for sedition and murder had been cast into prison, for whom they petitioned; and he delivered up Jesus to their pleasure.

Matthew Henry on Mark 15:2-15

Christ Brought before Pilate. 1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. 2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it. 3 And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing. 4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee. 5 But… Read the whole commentary →

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