11But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
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But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-14)Here we have, I. A consultation held by the great Sanhedrim for the effectual prosecution of our Lord Jesus. They met early in the morning about it, and went into a grand committee, to find out ways and means to get him put to death; they lost no time, but followed their blow in good earnest, lest there should be an uproar among the people . The unwearied industry of wicked people in doing that wh…
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