See Poole on "Matthew 27:18".
See also the parallel places in Mark 15:6-14 ; Luke 23:17-23 ; John 18:39-40 . Matthew 27:15 At that feast - The feast of the Passover....
Jesus before Pilate ( Mark 15:1-15 *, Luke 23:1-3 ; Luke 23:18-27 ). Mt. follows Mk. closely, but has an additional source of information on whi...
Barabbas. Aramaic. See App-94.
And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. A notable prisoner - Barabbas - This person had, a short time before, raised an insurrection i...
A notable prisoner— A notorious criminal. Heylin. It seems he was the head of the rebels; (see John 18:40 . Luke 23:19 ; Luke 23:25 .) the rin...
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....
Before Pilate. The Crucifixion 1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 : see on Jn).
Trial before Pilate ] ( Mark 15:2 ; Luke 23:1-7 ; Luke 23:13-25 ; John 18:28 to John 19:16 ). St. Matthew and St. Mark give practically the sam...
A notable prisoner, called Barabbas. — There is considerable, though not quite decisive, evidence in favour of the reading which gives “Jesus Barab...
Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1-75 - Matthew 27:1-56 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord...
Barabbas or Christ? Matthew 27:11-21 The vacillation of Pilate made him a criminal. Weakness becomes sin. At first he evidently meant to releas...
The morning saw the plot hatched in the night carried into effect. This is chronicled in the first two verses of the chapter. The picture of Judas in...
"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) A...
And they had then a notable prisoner ,.... The Vulgate Latin reads, "he had"; that is, Pilate, who had committed him to prison, and under whose powe...
And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. Ver. 16. A notable prisoner, called Barabbas ] That is, by interpretation, his father's so...
Now at that feast , &c. It had become a custom with the Roman governors, at the feast of the passover, to gratify the people with the pardon and...
All night the Lord Jesus had been subjected to the persecution of the Jewish council. Now early in the morning, determined that He might be put to de...
Christ at the Bar of Pilate. 11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the gove...
The Chief Priest and Elders Bring about the Crucifixion of Jesus By Manipulation: The Remorse of Judas and The Trial of Jesus Before Pilate (27:1-26...
Pilate Tries The Way Of Compromise And Ends Up Having To Give Way By Washing His Hands Of The Whole Situation In Declaration Of Jesus' Innocence (27...
‘And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.' The word ‘notable' here simply indicates well known. He was someone well known to the crowd...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 27:11 . Tie governor asked him. —Pilate, true to the Roman sense of justice, refused merely to confirm the sentence of th...
We are now to read about our Lord before Pontius Pilate. Matthew 27:15-30 . Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a p...
The redemption of man is comprised in many scenes. The last supper of our Lord his agony in the garden, for there man first offended the treason of J...
Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ. The release of Barabbas I. It illustrates the evasion of personal responsibility. We always admire c...
EXPOSITION Matthew 27:1 , Matthew 27:2 Jesus brought to Pilate. ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 22:66 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 .) Matthew 2...
The offer to release Jesus:
And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
Acts 3:14 ; John 18:40 ; Luke 23:18 ; Luke 23:19 ; Luke 23:25 ; Mark 15:7 ; Romans 1:32
16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.