16And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
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And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: …
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-25)We have here an account of what passed in Pilate’s judgment–hall, when the blessed Jesus was brought thither betimes in the morning. Though it was no court–day, Pilate immediately took his case before him. We have there, I. The trial Christ had before Pilate. 1. His arraignment; Jesus stood before the governor, as the prisoner before the judge. We could not stand before God because of our sins, no…
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