Matthew 27:21

21 respondens autem praeses ait illis quem vultis vobis de duobus dimitti at illi dixerunt Barabban

Matthew 27:21 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 27:21

The governor answered and said unto them
A second time, after some time had been allowed and taken up to consider of the matter, and which the chief priests and elders improved among the people against Jesus.

Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you?
for as these two were proposed, one of them must be released; and it lay in the breast of the people to choose which they would:

they said, Barabbas;
so that Christ was not only numbered among, and reckoned with transgressors, but he was accounted worse than the worst of them; a seditious person, a robber, and a murderer was preferred before him: see ( Acts 3:14 ) .

Matthew 27:21 In-Context

19 sedente autem illo pro tribunali misit ad illum uxor eius dicens nihil tibi et iusto illi multa enim passa sum hodie per visum propter eum

20 princeps autem sacerdotum et seniores persuaserunt populis ut peterent Barabban Iesum vero perderent

21 respondens autem praeses ait illis quem vultis vobis de duobus dimitti at illi dixerunt Barabban

22 dicit illis Pilatus quid igitur faciam de Iesu qui dicitur Christus

23 dicunt omnes crucifigatur ait illis praeses quid enim mali fecit at illi magis clamabant dicentes crucifigatur