Matthew 27:16
And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
KJV
εἶχον δὲ τότε δέσμιον ἐπίσημον, λεγόμενον Βαραββᾶν.
Greek NT
habebat autem tunc vinctum insignem, qui dicebatur Barabbas.
Vulgate
And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
ASV
And he had then a notorious prisoner that was called Barabbas.
Douay-Rheims
Open in reader with connections →
In this verse
People
Barabbas
In the original Greek
7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Βαραββᾶς
barabbas
noun · 11×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δέσμιος
desmios
noun · 16×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
τότε
tote
adverb · 157×
ἐπίσημος
episemos
adjective · 2×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
trivial
SBLGNT: Ἰησοῦν | Holmes/NA: Ἰησοῦν
- Ἰησοῦν — SBLGNT
- Ἰησοῦν — SBLGNT, Nestle-Aland 27
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- John 18:40 — Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
- 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 15:7 — And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.