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John 18:40

Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

KJV

ἐκραύγασαν οὖν πάλιν λέγοντες· μὴ τοῦτον, ἀλλὰ τὸν Βαραββᾶν. ἦν δὲ ὁ Βαραββᾶς λῃστής.

Greek NT

Clamaverunt ergo rursum omnes, dicentes : Non hunc, sed Barabbam. Erat autem Barabbas latro.

Vulgate

They cried out therefore again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

ASV

Then cried they all again, saying: Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Βαραββᾶς
barabbas
noun · 11×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
κραυγάζω
kraugazo
verb · 9×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λῃστής
lestes
noun · 15×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πάλιν
palin
adverb · 141×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: πάλιν | WH/NIV: πάλιν | Treg/RP: + πάντες
  • πάλινSBLGNT
  • πάλινWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + πάντεςTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 3:13 — The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him
  • Acts 3:13 — The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him
  • Isa 53:2 — For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
  • Luke 23:18 — And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
  • Luke 23:25 — And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
  • Mark 15:7 — And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
  • Mark 15:15 — And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
  • Matt 27:16 — And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
  • Matt 27:20 — But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
  • Matt 27:26 — Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.