Matthew 27:18

for he had known that because of envy they had delivered him up.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

In Context

17they therefore having been gathered together, Pilate said to them, 'Whom will ye I shall release to you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?'

19And as he is sitting on the tribunal, his wife sent unto him, saying, 'Nothing — to thee and to that righteous one, for many things did I suffer to-day in a dream because of him.'

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Cross References

Genesis 37:11and his brethren are zealous against him, and his father hath watched the matter.

Psalms 106:16And they are envious of Moses in the camp, Of Aaron, Jehovah's holy one.

Ecclesiastes 4:4And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

Mark 15:10for he knew that because of envy the chief priests had delivered him up;

Acts 7:9and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,

James 4:5Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, 'To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,'

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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