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But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/matthew/27.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So Pilate released Barabbas to them. He ordered Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip, then turned him over to the Roman soldiers to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/matthew/27.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/matthew/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/matthew/27.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Then he released Barabbas to them; and having flogged Jesus, He delivered <i>Him</i> up that He might be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/matthew/27.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered <i>him</i> to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/matthew/27.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered <i>Him</i> to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/matthew/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he released Barabbas for them; but after having Jesus flogged, he handed Him over to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/matthew/27.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then he released Barabbas for them; but after having Jesus scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/matthew/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then he released Barabbas for them; but after having Jesus scourged, he delivered Him to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/matthew/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then he released Barabbas for them; but after having Jesus scourged, he delivered Him over to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/matthew/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So he set Barabbas free for them; but after having Jesus severely whipped (scourged), he handed Him over to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/matthew/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he released Barabbas to them and, after having Jesus flogged, handed him over to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/matthew/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he released Barabbas to them. But after having Jesus flogged, he handed Him over to be crucified. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/matthew/27.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then released he unto them Barabbas; but Jesus he scourged and delivered to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/matthew/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Pilate set Barabbas free. Then he ordered his soldiers to beat Jesus with a whip and nail him to a cross. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/matthew/27.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then released he unto them Barabbas: but Jesus he scourged and delivered to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/matthew/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then Pilate freed Barabbas for the people. But he had Jesus whipped and handed over to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/matthew/27.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then Pilate set Barabbas free for them; and after he had Jesus whipped, he handed him over to be crucified. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/matthew/27.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then he released Barabbas for them, but he had Jesus whipped and handed over to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/matthew/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/matthew/27.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/matthew/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/matthew/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then he released Barabbas to them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/27.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he ordered to be scourged, and gave Him up to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/matthew/27.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/matthew/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Then he released Barabbas to them, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered [Him] up that He may be crucified;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/matthew/27.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Then he released Barabbas to them; and having flogged Jesus, He delivered <i>Him</i> up that He might be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/matthew/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Then did he release to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him up that he may be crucified;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/matthew/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Then he loosed to them Barabbas: and having scourged Jesus, delivered him up, that, he might be crucified.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/matthew/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Then he released to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him unto them to be crucified. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/matthew/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then he released Barabbas to them. But Jesus, having been scourged, he handed over to them, so that he would be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/matthew/27.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then he released Barabbas to them, but after he had Jesus scourged, he handed him over to be crucified. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/matthew/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So he released Barabbas for them; and after flogging Jesus, he handed him over to be crucified.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/matthew/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then he released to them Bar-Abbas, and had Jesus scourged with whips, and delivered to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/27.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />Then he released Barabba to them and scourged Yeshua with whips and delivered him to be crucified.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/matthew/27.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Then he released to them Barabbas; but after he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him up to be crucified.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/matthew/27.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />Then he released unto them Barabbas. And having scourged Jesus, delivered Him up that He should be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/matthew/27.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Then he released unto them Barabbas: but having scourged Jesus, he delivered him up to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/matthew/27.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />Then he released to them Barabbas: but he order'd Jesus to be scourged, and delivered up to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/27.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he ordered to be scourged, and gave Him up to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/matthew/27.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />Then he released to them Barabbas; but, having scourged Jesus, he delivered <i>Him</i> up to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/matthew/27.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />Then he released to them Barabbas: but he ordered Jesus to be scourged, and delivered <i>Him</i> to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/27-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=8739" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/matthew/27.htm">Pilate Washes his Hands</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!” <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/5119.htm" title="5119: Tote (Adv) -- Then, at that time. From ho and hote; the when, i.e. At the time that.">So</a> <a href="/greek/630.htm" title="630: apelysen (V-AIA-3S) -- From apo and luo; to free fully, i.e. relieve, release, dismiss, or let die, pardon or divorce.">Pilate released</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/912.htm" title="912: Barabban (N-AMS) -- Barabbas. Of Chaldee origin; son of Abba; Bar-abbas, an Israelite.">Barabbas</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autois (PPro-DM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">to them.</a> <a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">But</a> <a href="/greek/5417.htm" title="5417: phragellōsas (V-APA-NMS) -- To flagellate, scourge. From a presumed equivalent of the Latin flagellum; to whip, i.e. Lash as a public punishment.">he had Jesus flogged,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsoun (N-AMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites."></a> <a href="/greek/3860.htm" title="3860: paredōken (V-AIA-3S) -- From para and didomi; to surrender, i.e yield up, intrust, transmit.">and handed Him over</a> <a href="/greek/2443.htm" title="2443: hina (Conj) -- In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.">to</a> <a href="/greek/4717.htm" title="4717: staurōthē (V-ASP-3S) -- From stauros; to impale on the cross; figuratively, to extinguish passion or selfishness.">be crucified.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">27</span>Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/15-15.htm">Mark 15:15</a></span><br />And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/23-16.htm">Luke 23:16-25</a></span><br />Therefore I will punish Him and release Him.” / Now Pilate was obliged to release to the people one prisoner at the feast. / But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/19-1.htm">John 19:1</a></span><br />Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-5.htm">Isaiah 53:5</a></span><br />But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/3-13.htm">Acts 3:13-14</a></span><br />The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him. / You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-24.htm">1 Peter 2:24</a></span><br />He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/18-40.htm">John 18:40</a></span><br />“Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/50-6.htm">Isaiah 50:6</a></span><br />I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/22-16.htm">Psalm 22:16</a></span><br />For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/12-10.htm">Zechariah 12:10</a></span><br />Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/4-25.htm">Romans 4:25</a></span><br />He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-3.htm">1 Corinthians 15:3</a></span><br />For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-28.htm">Hebrews 9:28</a></span><br />so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/19-16.htm">John 19:16</a></span><br />Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, and the soldiers took Him away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/20-19.htm">Matthew 20:19</a></span><br />and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then released he Barabbas to them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.</p><p class="hdg">released.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/15-15.htm">Mark 15:15</a></b></br> And <i>so</i> Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged <i>him</i>, to be crucified.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/23-25.htm">Luke 23:25</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">scourged.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/20-19.htm">Matthew 20:19</a></b></br> And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify <i>him</i>: and the third day he shall rise again.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/50-6.htm">Isaiah 50:6</a></b></br> I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/53-5.htm">Isaiah 53:5</a></b></br> But he <i>was</i> wounded for our transgressions, <i>he was</i> bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace <i>was</i> upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/27-21.htm">Barabbas</a> <a href="/matthew/27-21.htm">Barab'bas</a> <a href="/matthew/27-23.htm">Crucified</a> <a href="/matthew/27-22.htm">Death</a> <a href="/matthew/27-18.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/matthew/20-19.htm">Flogged</a> <a href="/matthew/27-21.htm">Free</a> <a href="/matthew/27-18.htm">Handed</a> <a href="/matthew/27-22.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/matthew/21-6.htm">Ordered</a> <a href="/matthew/27-21.htm">Release</a> <a href="/matthew/18-27.htm">Released</a> <a href="/matthew/21-35.htm">Scourged</a> <a href="/matthew/20-19.htm">Whipped</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/mark/15-7.htm">Barabbas</a> <a href="/mark/15-11.htm">Barab'bas</a> <a href="/matthew/27-35.htm">Crucified</a> <a href="/matthew/27-52.htm">Death</a> <a href="/matthew/27-58.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/mark/13-9.htm">Flogged</a> <a href="/matthew/28-14.htm">Free</a> <a href="/mark/7-9.htm">Handed</a> <a href="/matthew/27-27.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/matthew/27-58.htm">Ordered</a> <a href="/mark/15-6.htm">Release</a> <a href="/mark/7-35.htm">Released</a> <a href="/mark/15-15.htm">Scourged</a> <a href="/mark/13-9.htm">Whipped</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 27</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/27-1.htm">Jesus is delivered bound to Pilate.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/27-3.htm">Judas hangs himself.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/27-19.htm">Pilate, admonished of his wife,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/27-20.htm">and being urged by the multitude, washes his hands, and releases Barabbas.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/27-27.htm">Jesus is mocked and crowned with thorns;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/27-33.htm">crucified;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">39. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/27-39.htm">reviled;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">50. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/27-50.htm">dies, and is buried;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">62. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/27-62.htm">his tomb is sealed and watched.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The crowd, influenced by the chief priests and elders, chose Barabbas. This decision highlights the rejection of Jesus by His own people, fulfilling the prophecy in <a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a>, which speaks of the Messiah being despised and rejected. Barabbas, whose name means "son of the father," ironically contrasts with Jesus, the true Son of the Father. This event underscores the substitutionary aspect of Jesus' sacrifice, as the innocent is condemned while the guilty is set free, prefiguring the atonement.<p><b>But he had Jesus flogged,</b><br>Flogging, or scourging, was a brutal Roman punishment involving a whip with multiple leather thongs, often embedded with metal or bone. This punishment was intended to weaken the victim before crucifixion. The severity of the flogging fulfilled <a href="/isaiah/53-5.htm">Isaiah 53:5</a>, which states, "by His stripes we are healed," emphasizing the physical suffering Jesus endured for humanity's sins. The flogging also reflects the fulfillment of <a href="/psalms/129-3.htm">Psalm 129:3</a>, "The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows."<p><b>and handed Him over to be crucified.</b><br>Crucifixion was a Roman method of execution reserved for the worst criminals and slaves, symbolizing the curse of the law as described in <a href="/deuteronomy/21-23.htm">Deuteronomy 21:23</a>, "cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree." By being handed over for crucifixion, Jesus took upon Himself the curse of sin, as explained in <a href="/galatians/3-13.htm">Galatians 3:13</a>. This act of handing over signifies the fulfillment of Jesus' own predictions about His death (<a href="/matthew/20-19.htm">Matthew 20:19</a>) and aligns with the sacrificial system of the Old Testament, where the lamb was handed over for slaughter, pointing to Jesus as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world (<a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/pilate.htm">Pilate</a></b><br>The Roman governor of Judea who presided over the trial of Jesus. He is depicted as a reluctant participant in the crucifixion, attempting to absolve himself of responsibility.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/barabbas.htm">Barabbas</a></b><br>A prisoner chosen by the crowd to be released instead of Jesus. His release symbolizes the substitutionary nature of Jesus' sacrifice.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a></b><br>The central figure of the Christian faith, who is flogged and handed over for crucifixion. His suffering and death are pivotal to the salvation account.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_crowd.htm">The Crowd</a></b><br>The group of people present at Jesus' trial who demanded the release of Barabbas and the crucifixion of Jesus, illustrating the fickle nature of public opinion.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/crucifixion.htm">Crucifixion</a></b><br>A Roman method of execution that Jesus was subjected to, fulfilling Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah's suffering.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_injustice_of_human_judgment.htm">The Injustice of Human Judgment</a></b><br>Pilate's decision to release Barabbas and condemn Jesus highlights the flawed nature of human justice systems. Believers are reminded to seek God's justice and wisdom in their own judgments.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_substitutionary_atonement.htm">The Substitutionary Atonement</a></b><br>Barabbas' release in place of Jesus serves as a powerful illustration of substitutionary atonement, where Jesus takes the place of sinners. This is central to understanding salvation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_discipleship.htm">The Cost of Discipleship</a></b><br>Jesus' willingness to endure flogging and crucifixion challenges believers to consider the cost of following Him and to embrace suffering for the sake of righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_public_opinion.htm">The Power of Public Opinion</a></b><br>The crowd's influence over Pilate's decision warns against the dangers of succumbing to peer pressure and the importance of standing firm in truth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_fulfillment_of_prophecy.htm">The Fulfillment of Prophecy</a></b><br>Jesus' suffering and crucifixion fulfill numerous Old Testament prophecies, reinforcing the reliability of Scripture and God's sovereign plan.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_matthew_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Matthew 27</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_cross_symbolize.htm">What does the cross symbolize?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_stigmata_wounds_self-inflicted.htm">Why do scientific investigations of stigmata show self-inflicted wounds?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_roman_records_of_jesus'_execution.htm">Why do we not have contemporary Roman records mentioning Jesus' execution?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_mark_15_align_with_other_gospels.htm">How do the events described in Mark 15 align with differing crucifixion accounts in the other Gospels?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">When he had scourged Jesus.</span>--The word used by St. Matthew, derived from the Latin <span class= "ital">flagellum,</span> shows that it was the Roman punishment with knotted thongs of leather (like the Russian "knout" or the English "cat"), not the Jewish beating with rods (<a href="/context/2_corinthians/11-24.htm" title="Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.">2Corinthians 11:24-25</a>). The pictures of the Stations, so widely used throughout Latin Christendom, have made other nations more familiar with the nature of the punishment than most Englishmen are. The prisoner was stripped sometimes entirely, sometimes to the waist, and tied by the hands to a pillar, with his back bent, so as to receive the full force of the blows. The scourge was of stout leather weighted with lead or bones. Jewish law limited its penalty to forty stripes, reduced in practice to "forty stripes save one" (<a href="/2_corinthians/11-24.htm" title="Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.">2Corinthians 11:24</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/25-3.htm" title="Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother should seem vile to you.">Deuteronomy 25:3</a>), but Roman practice knew no limit but that of the cruelty of the executioner or the physical endurance of the sufferer.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 26.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Released he Barabbas</span> - "him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired" (Luke). <span class="cmt_word">When he had scourged Jesus.</span> This was the usual preliminary to crucifixion, especially in the case of shires, and was a punishment of a most severe and cruel nature. The verb here used, <span class="greek">φραγελλόω</span>, is formed from the Latin <span class="accented">flagellum</span>, and denotes the employment of that terrible implement the Roman scourge. This was no ordinary whip, but commonly a number of leather thongs loaded with lead or armed with sharp bones and spikes, so that every blow cut deeply into the flesh, causing intense pain. The culprit was stripped of his clothes, pinioned, and bound to a stake or pillar, and thus on his bare back suffered this inhuman chastisement. To think that the blessed Son of God was subject to such torture and indignity is indeed a lesson for us written in blood. When "he gave his back to the smiters" (<a href="/isaiah/50-6.htm">Isaiah 50:6</a>), he was taking the punishment of our sin upon his sacred shoulders. "He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed" (<a href="/isaiah/53-5.htm">Isaiah 53:5</a>). Possibly Pilate thought that the sight of Christ's suffering might arouse at this last moment the pity of the Jews (<a href="/john/19-1.htm">John 19:1-16</a>). But he was mistaken. The appetite of the bloodthirsty crowd was only whetted by this anticipatory taste; they insisted on the whole programme being canted out, and Pilate yielded to the demand, giving up the useless struggle. <span class="cmt_word">He delivered him to be crucified.</span> Pilate delivered Jesus to the will of the people, directing the soldiers to carry out the ordered execution. On the view taken by the Romans themselves of crucifixion, commentators quote Cicero, 'In Verr.,' 2:5. 66, "It is a crime to bind a Roman citizen; to scourge him is an act of wickedness; to put him to death is almost parricide: what shall I say of crucifying him? An act so abominable it is impossible to find any word adequately to express." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/matthew/27-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">[So]</span><br /><span class="grk">Τότε</span> <span class="translit">(Tote)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5119.htm">Strong's 5119: </a> </span><span class="str2">Then, at that time. From ho and hote; the when, i.e. At the time that.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[Pilate] released</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀπέλυσεν</span> <span class="translit">(apelysen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_630.htm">Strong's 630: </a> </span><span class="str2">From apo and luo; to free fully, i.e. relieve, release, dismiss, or let die, pardon or divorce.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Barabbas</span><br /><span class="grk">Βαραββᾶν</span> <span class="translit">(Barabban)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_912.htm">Strong's 912: </a> </span><span class="str2">Barabbas. Of Chaldee origin; son of Abba; Bar-abbas, an Israelite.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to them.</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτοῖς</span> <span class="translit">(autois)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">But</span><br /><span class="grk">δὲ</span> <span class="translit">(de)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary particle; but, and, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he had Jesus flogged</span><br /><span class="grk">φραγελλώσας</span> <span class="translit">(phragellōsas)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5417.htm">Strong's 5417: </a> </span><span class="str2">To flagellate, scourge. From a presumed equivalent of the Latin flagellum; to whip, i.e. Lash as a public punishment.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[and] handed Him over</span><br /><span class="grk">παρέδωκεν</span> <span class="translit">(paredōken)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3860.htm">Strong's 3860: </a> </span><span class="str2">From para and didomi; to surrender, i.e yield up, intrust, transmit.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="grk">ἵνα</span> <span class="translit">(hina)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2443.htm">Strong's 2443: </a> </span><span class="str2">In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be crucified.</span><br /><span class="grk">σταυρωθῇ</span> <span class="translit">(staurōthē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4717.htm">Strong's 4717: </a> </span><span class="str2">From stauros; to impale on the cross; figuratively, to extinguish passion or selfishness.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/matthew/27-26.htm">Matthew 27:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/matthew/27-26.htm">Matthew 27:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/matthew/27-26.htm">Matthew 27:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/matthew/27-26.htm">Matthew 27:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/matthew/27-26.htm">Matthew 27:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/matthew/27-26.htm">Matthew 27:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/matthew/27-26.htm">Matthew 27:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/matthew/27-26.htm">Matthew 27:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/matthew/27-26.htm">Matthew 27:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/matthew/27-26.htm">Matthew 27:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/matthew/27-26.htm">NT Gospels: Matthew 27:26 Then he released to them Barabbas (Matt. 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