John 18:40
They cried out therefore again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 27:26Then released he unto them Barabbas: but Jesus he scourged and delivered to be crucified.
Mark 15:15And Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released unto them Barabbas, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
Luke 23:25And he released him that for insurrection and murder had been cast into prison, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.
Matthew Henry on John 18:29-40
Christ in the Judgment-Hall; Christ Arraigned before Pilate. 28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. 29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man? 30 They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. 31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him… Read the whole commentary →