Mark 15:11
But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
KJV
οἱ δὲ ἀρχιερεῖς ἀνέσεισαν τὸν ὄχλον ἵνα μᾶλλον τὸν Βαραββᾶν ἀπολύσῃ αὐτοῖς.
Greek NT
Pontifices autem concitaverunt turbam, ut magis Barabbam dimitteret eis.
Vulgate
But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
ASV
But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas to them.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Βαραββᾶς
barabbas
noun · 11×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
μᾶλλον
mallon
adverb · 81×
ἀνασείω
anaseio
verb · 2×
ἀπολύω
apoluo
verb · 67×
ἀρχιερεύς
archiereus
noun · 121×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§597The historical complexity of Jesus' trial is apparent in the Gospel accounts. the personal sin of the participants (Judas, the Sanhedrin, Pilate) is known to God alone. Hence we cannot lay responsibility for the trial on the Jews in Jerusalem as a whole, despite the outcry of a manipulated crowd and the global reproaches contained in the apostles' calls to conversion after Pent…
Cross-references
- Acts 3:14 — But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
- Exod 12:6 — And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
- Matt 27:20 — But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.