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Luke 23:18

But with loud voices they said all together, Put this man to death, and make Barabbas free.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Barabbas;   Complicity;   Demagogism;   Jesus, the Christ;   Opinion, Public;   Politics;   Priest;   Thompson Chain Reference - Barabbas;   Reception-Rejection;   Rejected;   Rejection;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Pilate or Pontius Pilate;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Crucifixion;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Exhortation;   Humiliation of Christ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Capital Punishment;   Luke, Gospel of;   Trial of Jesus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Barabbas;   Gospels, Apocryphal;   Pilate;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Barabbas ;   Trial of Jesus;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Barabbas ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Barabbas;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Barabbas;   Jesus Christ, the Arrest and Trial of;   Pilate, Pontius;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Barabbas;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then they all cried out together, “Take this man away! Release Barabbas to us!”
King James Version (1611)
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release vnto vs Barabbas,
King James Version
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
English Standard Version
But they all cried out together, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas"—
New American Standard Bible
But they cried out all together, saying, "Away with this Man, and release to us Barabbas!"
New Century Version
But the people shouted together, "Take this man away! Let Barabbas go free!"
Amplified Bible
But they [loudly] shouted out all together, saying, "Away with this Man, and release Barabbas to us!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But they cried out all together, saying, "Away with this man, and release for us Barabbas!"
Legacy Standard Bible
But they cried out all together, saying, "Away with this man, and release for us Barabbas!"
Berean Standard Bible
But they all cried out in unison: "Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!"
Contemporary English Version
But the whole crowd shouted, "Kill Jesus! Give us Barabbas!"
Complete Jewish Bible
But with one voice they shouted, "Away with this man! Give us Bar-Abba!"
Darby Translation
But they cried out in a mass saying, Away with this [man] and release Barabbas to us;
Easy-to-Read Version
But they all shouted, "Kill him! Let Barabbas go free!"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then all ye multitude cried at once, saying, Away with him, and deliuer vnto vs Barabbas:
George Lamsa Translation
But all the people cried out saying, Get rid of him, and release to us Bar-Abbas;
Good News Translation
The whole crowd cried out, "Kill him! Set Barabbas free for us!"
Lexham English Bible
But they all cried out in unison, saying, "Take this man away, and release for us Barabbas!"
Literal Translation
And they all together shouted, saying, Take this one, and release Barabbas to us
American Standard Version
But they cried out all together, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:—
Hebrew Names Version
But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us Bar-Abba!" --
International Standard Version
But they all shouted out together, "Away with this man! Release Barabbas for us!"Acts 3:14;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
But all the multitude cried out, saying, Take this, and release to us Baraba;
Murdock Translation
And all the company vociferated, and said: Away with this man; and release to us Barabbas.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And all the people cryed at once, saying: Away with him, and deliuer to vs Barabbas.
English Revised Version
But they cried out all together, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
World English Bible
But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!" --
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they cried all at once saying, Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas:
Weymouth's New Testament
Then the whole multitude burst out into a shout. "Away with this man," they said, "and release Barabbas to us"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And al the puple criede togidir, and seide, Do `awei hym, and delyuer to vs Barabas;
Update Bible Version
But they cried out all together, saying, Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas:-
Webster's Bible Translation
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this [man], and release to us Barabbas:
New English Translation
But they all shouted out together, "Take this man away! Release Barabbas for us!"
New King James Version
And they all cried out at once, saying, "Away with this Man, and release to us Barabbas"--
New Living Translation
Then a mighty roar rose from the crowd, and with one voice they shouted, "Kill him, and release Barabbas to us!"
New Life Bible
They all cried out together with a loud voice, "Take this Man away! Let Barabbas go free."
New Revised Standard
Then they all shouted out together, "Away with this fellow! Release Barabbas for us!"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But they cried aloud, with the whole throng, saying - Away with this man! and release unto us Barabbas: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
But the whole multitude together cried out, saying: Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
Revised Standard Version
But they all cried out together, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas"--
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And all the people cryed at once sayinge: awaye with him and delyvre to vs Barrabas:
Young's Literal Translation
and they cried out -- the whole multitude -- saying, `Away with this one, and release to us Barabbas,'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then cried the whole multitude, and sayde: Awaye with him, and delyuer vnto vs Barrabas,
Mace New Testament (1729)
all the people cry'd out, let this man die, and release to us Barabbas.
THE MESSAGE
At that, the crowd went wild: "Kill him! Give us Barabbas!" (Barabbas had been thrown in prison for starting a riot in the city and for murder.) Pilate still wanted to let Jesus go, and so spoke out again.
Simplified Cowboy Version
But the crowd rebelled and said, "Kill Jesus and release Barabbas."

Contextual Overview

13 And Pilate sent for the chief priests and the rulers and the people, and said to them, 14 You say that this man has been teaching the people evil things: now I, after going into the question before you, see nothing wrong in this man in connection with the things which you have said against him: 15 And Herod is of the same opinion, for he has sent him back to us; for, you see, he has done nothing for which I might put him to death. 16 And so I will give him punishment and let him go. 17 [] Brackets are used for marking additions made by later writers. 18 But with loud voices they said all together, Put this man to death, and make Barabbas free. 19 Now this man was in prison because of an attack against the government in the town, in which there had been loss of life. 20 And Pilate again said to them that it was his desire to let Jesus go free. 21 But crying out they said, To the cross with him! 22 And he said to them a third time, Why, what evil has he done? I see no reason for putting him to death: I will give him punishment and let him go.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they: Matthew 27:16-23, Mark 15:7-14, John 18:40, Acts 3:14

Away: John 19:15, Acts 21:36, Acts 22:22

Reciprocal: Exodus 12:6 - the whole Job 30:1 - whose Psalms 64:2 - insurrection Proverbs 17:15 - that justifieth Isaiah 49:7 - to him whom man despiseth Isaiah 53:3 - despised Matthew 27:20 - should

Cross-References

Genesis 34:20
Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, went to the meeting-place of their town, and said to the men of the town,
Ruth 4:1
And Boaz went up to the public place of the town, and took his seat there: and the near relation of whom he had been talking came by; and Boaz, crying out to him by name, said, Come and be seated here. And he came and was seated.
Jeremiah 32:12
And I gave the paper to Baruch, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, before the eyes of Hanamel, the son of my father's brother, and of the witnesses who had put their names to the paper, and before all the Jews who were seated in the place of the armed watchmen.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they cried out all at once,.... The chief priests, rulers, and people, not bearing to hear of a release of him, now they had got him in their hands; and enraged at the proposal, in a most clamorous way, cried out, as one man, immediately:

Saying, away with this man; to the cross; to Calvary, the place of execution; away with him out of the world; he is not fit to live:

and release unto us Barabbas; whose character is given in the next verse; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 27:20-23.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 23:18. Away with this man — That is, Put him to death - αιρε τουτον, literally, Take this one away, i.e. to punishment - to death.


 
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