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Wednesday, June 18th, 2025
the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Good News Translation

Mark 15:11

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask, instead, that Pilate set Barabbas free for them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Barabbas;   Complicity;   Jesus, the Christ;   Priest;   Thompson Chain Reference - Corrupt Priests;   Evil;   Influence;   Influences, Evil;   Leaders;   Priests;   Religious;   Wicked, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Mark, the Gospel of;   Sanhedrin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Barabbas;   Mss;   Pilate;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Barabbas ;   Manuscripts;   Passion Week;   Trial of Jesus;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Barabbas ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Barabbas;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Pilate, Pontius;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Barabbas;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd so that he would release Barabbas to them instead.
King James Version (1611)
But the chiefe Priests mooued the people, that hee should rather release Barabbas vnto them.
King James Version
But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
English Standard Version
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead.
New American Standard Bible
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead.
New Century Version
But the leading priests had persuaded the people to ask Pilate to free Barabbas, not Jesus.
Amplified Bible
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to get him to release Barabbas for them instead.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead.
Legacy Standard Bible
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead.
Berean Standard Bible
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead.
Contemporary English Version
But the chief priests told the crowd to ask Pilate to free Barabbas.
Complete Jewish Bible
But the head cohanim stirred up the crowd to have him release Bar-Abba for them instead.
Darby Translation
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd that he might rather release Barabbas to them.
Easy-to-Read Version
But the leading priests persuaded the people to ask Pilate to free Barabbas, not Jesus.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But the high Priestes had moued the people to desire that he would rather deliuer Barabbas vnto them.
George Lamsa Translation
But the high priests incited the people the more, that he should release Bar-Abbas to them.
Lexham English Bible
But the chief priests incited the crowd so that he would release for them Barabbas instead.
Literal Translation
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd, that rather he should release Barabbas to them.
American Standard Version
But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
Bible in Basic English
But the people were moved by the chief priests to make him let Barabbas go free.
Hebrew Names Version
But the chief Kohanim stirred up the multitude, that he should release Bar-Abba to them instead.
International Standard Version
But the high priests stirred up the crowd to get him to release Barabbas for them instead.Matthew 27:20; Acts 3:14;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
But the chief priests the more incited the multitude, that Bar-aba he should release to them.
Murdock Translation
But the chief priests further persuaded the multitudes, that Bar Abas should be released to them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But the hye priestes moued the people, that he shoulde rather delyuer Barabbas vnto them.
English Revised Version
But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
World English Bible
But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
that he would rather release Barabbas to them.
Weymouth's New Testament
But the High Priests urged on the crowd to obtain Barabbas's release in preference;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But the bischopis stireden the puple, that he schulde rather leeue to hem Barabas.
Update Bible Version
But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release Barabbas to them.
Webster's Bible Translation
But the chief priests moved the people that he should rather release Barabbas to them.
New English Translation
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas instead.
New King James Version
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd, so that he should rather release Barabbas to them.
New Living Translation
But at this point the leading priests stirred up the crowd to demand the release of Barabbas instead of Jesus.
New Life Bible
The religious leaders talked the people into thinking that Pilate should let Barabbas go free.
New Revised Standard
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas for them instead.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, the High-priests, stirred up the multitude, that, rather Barabbas, he should release unto them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas to them.
Revised Standard Version
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barab'bas instead.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But the hye prestes had moved the people that he shuld rather delyvre Barrabas vnto them.
Young's Literal Translation
and the chief priests did move the multitude, that he might rather release Barabbas to them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the hye prestes moued ye people, that he shulde rather geue Barrabas lowse vnto them.
Mace New Testament (1729)
but the chief priests incited the people to demand, that he would rather release Barabbas.
THE MESSAGE
But the high priests by then had worked up the crowd to ask for the release of Barabbas. Pilate came back, "So what do I do with this man you call King of the Jews?"
Simplified Cowboy Version
The religious leaders stirred up the crowd against Jesus and they lobbied to have Barabbas released instead.

Contextual Overview

1 Early in the morning the chief priests met hurriedly with the elders, the teachers of the Law, and the whole Council, and made their plans. They put Jesus in chains, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate. 2 Pilate questioned him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus answered, "So you say." 3 The chief priests were accusing Jesus of many things, 4 so Pilate questioned him again, "Aren't you going to answer? Listen to all their accusations!" 5 Again Jesus refused to say a word, and Pilate was amazed. 6 At every Passover Festival Pilate was in the habit of setting free any one prisoner the people asked for. 7 At that time a man named Barabbas was in prison with the rebels who had committed murder in the riot. 8 When the crowd gathered and began to ask Pilate for the usual favor, 9 he asked them, "Do you want me to set free for you the king of the Jews?" 10 He knew very well that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hosea 5:1, Matthew 27:20, John 18:40, Acts 3:14

Reciprocal: Exodus 12:6 - the whole 2 Samuel 3:36 - as Jeremiah 26:9 - And all Acts 3:13 - whom Acts 14:2 - General Acts 14:19 - persuaded

Cross-References

Psalms 119:13
I will repeat aloud all the laws you have given.
Ezekiel 17:3
to let them know what I, the Sovereign Lord , am saying to them: There was a giant eagle with beautiful feathers and huge wings, spread wide. He flew to the Lebanon Mountains and broke off the top of a cedar tree,
Ezekiel 17:7
"There was another giant eagle with huge wings and thick plumage. And now the vine sent its roots toward him and turned its leaves toward him, in the hope that he would give it more water than there was in the garden where it was growing.
Matthew 13:4
As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But the chief priests moved the people,.... Greatly solicited and persuaded them, both in person, and by their officers they employed, and dispersed among them, to make use of arguments with them to prevail upon them:

that he should rather release Barabbas unto them; than Jesus of Nazareth; choosing rather to have a murderer granted unto them, than the holy and just one. The Persic version, as before, reads, "the chief of the priests"; but they were all concerned, and were the most active men in bringing about the death of Christ; though Caiaphas was behind none of them in envy, rage, and malice;

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