Matthew 27:20
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
KJV
οἱ δὲ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ἔπεισαν τοὺς ὄχλους ἵνα αἰτήσωνται τὸν Βαραββᾶν, τὸν δὲ Ἰησοῦν ἀπολέσωσιν.
Greek NT
Principes autem sacerdotum et seniores persuaserunt populis ut peterent Barabbam, Jesum vero perderent.
Vulgate
Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
ASV
But the chief priests and ancients persuaded the people that they should ask Barabbas and make Jesus away.
Douay-Rheims
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In this verse
In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Βαραββᾶς
barabbas
noun · 11×
αἰτέω
aiteo
verb · 70×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
πείθω
peitho
verb · 52×
πρεσβύτερος
presbuteros
adjective · 67×
ἀπόλλυμι
apollumi
verb · 90×
ἀρχιερεύς
archiereus
noun · 121×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×
Historic Christian voices
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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.
- Gen 19:4 — But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
- John 18:40 — Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
- John 19:15 — But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
- Luke 24:20 — And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
- Mark 15:11 — But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
- Ps 22:6 — But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.