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Simplified Cowboy Version

Luke 23:21

But the kept yelling, "String him up! String him up!"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Barabbas;   Complicity;   Demagogism;   Jesus, the Christ;   Opinion, Public;   Politics;   Priest;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Crucifixion;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Exhortation;   Humiliation of Christ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Capital Punishment;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Barabbas;   Gospels, Apocryphal;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Acceptance (2);   Barabbas ;   Cry;   Trial of Jesus;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but they kept shouting, “Crucify! Crucify him!”
King James Version (1611)
But they cried, saying, Crucifie him, crucifie him.
King James Version
But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.
English Standard Version
but they kept shouting, "Crucify, crucify him!"
New American Standard Bible
but they kept on crying out, saying, "Crucify, crucify Him!"
New Century Version
But they shouted again, "Crucify him! Crucify him!"
Amplified Bible
but they kept shouting out, "Crucify, crucify Him!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
but they kept on calling out, saying, "Crucify, crucify Him!"
Legacy Standard Bible
but they kept on calling out, saying, "Crucify, crucify Him!"
Berean Standard Bible
but they kept shouting, "Crucify Him! Crucify Him!"
Contemporary English Version
But they kept shouting, "Nail him to a cross! Nail him to a cross!"
Complete Jewish Bible
But they yelled, "Put him to death on the stake! Put him to death on the stake!"
Darby Translation
But they cried out in reply saying, Crucify, crucify him.
Easy-to-Read Version
But they shouted again, "Kill him! Kill him on a cross!"
Geneva Bible (1587)
But they cried, saying, Crucifie, crucifie him.
George Lamsa Translation
But they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.
Good News Translation
But they shouted back, "Crucify him! Crucify him!"
Lexham English Bible
but they kept crying out, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!"
Literal Translation
But they shouted, saying, Crucify! Crucify Him!
American Standard Version
but they shouted, saying, Crucify, crucify him.
Bible in Basic English
But crying out they said, To the cross with him!
Hebrew Names Version
but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!"
International Standard Version
but they continued to shout, "Crucify him! Crucify him!"
Etheridge Translation
But they cried out, saying, Crucify him ! Crucify him !
Murdock Translation
But they cried out, and said: Crucify him; crucify him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But they cryed, saying: Crucifie hym, crucifie hym.
English Revised Version
but they shouted, saying, Crucify, crucify him.
World English Bible
but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But they cried, saying, Crucify, crucify him. He said to them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done?
Weymouth's New Testament
They, however, persistently shouted, "Crucify, crucify him!"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei vndurcrieden, and seiden, Crucifie, crucifie hym.
Update Bible Version
but they shouted, saying, Crucify, crucify him.
Webster's Bible Translation
But they cried, saying, Crucify, crucify him.
New English Translation
But they kept on shouting, "Crucify, crucify him!"
New King James Version
But they shouted, saying, "Crucify Him, crucify Him!"
New Living Translation
But they kept shouting, "Crucify him! Crucify him!"
New Life Bible
But they cried out, "Nail Him to a cross! Nail Him to a cross!"
New Revised Standard
but they kept shouting, "Crucify, crucify him!"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, they, called out in return, saying - Crucify! crucify him!
Douay-Rheims Bible
But they cried again, saying: Crucify him, Crucify him.
Revised Standard Version
but they shouted out, "Crucify, crucify him!"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they cryed sayinge: Crucify him Crucify him
Young's Literal Translation
but they were calling out, saying, `Crucify, crucify him.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But they cried, and sayde: Crucifye him, Crucifye him.
Mace New Testament (1729)
but they cry'd out, crucify him, crucify him.
THE MESSAGE
But they kept shouting back, "Crucify! Crucify him!"

Contextual Overview

13So Pilate got everyone who was trying to have Jesus killed 14and said to them, "You brought me a man and accused him of inciting riots, but from what I see, he has done nothing wrong. 15And for that matter, even your own ruler Herod has found nothing to warrant his death. 16I'll punish him for you, but then I'm letting him go." 17 18But the crowd rebelled and said, "Kill Jesus and release Barabbas." 19(Barabbas had been found guilty of rebellion and murder.) 20Pilate couldn't believe what he was hearing and tried to talk sense into them. 21But the kept yelling, "String him up! String him up!" 22For the third time, Pilate appealed to them, "What for? Look at him! He has done nothing. I will have him whipped, but then I'm releasing him."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Luke 23:23, Matthew 27:22-25, Mark 15:13, John 19:15

Reciprocal: Psalms 25:19 - Consider Psalms 35:12 - spoiling Proverbs 24:2 - General Mark 10:33 - deliver Mark 15:14 - Why Acts 13:28 - General Acts 25:24 - that he

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But they cried, saying, crucify him, crucify him. They were fierce and furious, more noisy and clamorous, the more they perceived Pilate was for saving him; and they were more desirous to have him crucified, and more impatient until it was done, as the repetition of the word shows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 27:20-23.


 
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