Mark 15:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And there was one called Barabbas, [lying] bound with them that had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἦν δὲ ὁ λεγόμενος Βαραββᾶς, μετὰ τῶν συστασιαστῶν δεδεμένος, οἵτινες ἐν τῇ στάσει φόνον πεποιήκεισαν.

Transliteration

Ēn de the legomenos Barabbas, with the systasiastōn dedemenos, hoitines in the stasei phonon pepoiēkeisan.

Grammar Details

*Ēn*: verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd, singular - was/there was
*de*: conjunction - but/and
*legomenos*: participle, present, passive, nominative, masculine, singular - being called/named
*Barabbas*: noun, nominative, masculine, singular - Barabbas
*systasiastōn*: noun, genitive, masculine, plural - insurrectionists/rebels
*dedemenos*: participle, perfect, passive, nominative, masculine, singular - having been bound/imprisoned
*hoitines*: relative pronoun, nominative, masculine, plural - who/which
*stasei*: noun, dative, feminine, singular - insurrection/rebellion
*phonon*: noun, accusative, masculine, singular - murder
*pepoiēkeisan*: verb, pluperfect, active, indicative, 3rd, plural - had committed/done

Word Meanings

*legomenos*: being called/named/designated
*systasiastōn*: insurrectionists/rebels/fellow revolutionaries
*dedemenos*: bound/imprisoned/chained
*stasei*: insurrection/rebellion/uprising
*phonon*: murder/killing/homicide
*pepoiēkeisan*: had committed/had done/had perpetrated

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Matt 27:16 : 16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
Luke 23:18-19 : 18 But they cried out all together, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:— 19 one who for a certain insurrection made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.
Luke 23:25 : 25 And he released him that for insurrection and murder had been cast into prison, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.

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18But they cried out all together, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:—
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