Mark 15:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

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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King James 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 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: 19 (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
Luke 23:25 : 25 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Matt 27:15-18
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15Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
16And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
17Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
18For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
Mark 15:6
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6Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
John 18:39-40
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39But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
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Luke 23:16-22
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83%
16I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
17(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
18And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
19(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
20Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
21But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.
22And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
Matt 27:20-23
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20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
21The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you ? They said, Barabbas.
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Mark 15:11-16
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11But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
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14Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
15And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
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Matt 27:26-27
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26Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
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Mark 15:8-9
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Luke 23:24-25
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24And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
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Mark 15:26-28
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26And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
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Luke 23:1-2
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1And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
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34And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
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16Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
Acts 13:28
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28And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
Mark 14:57
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57And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,
Matt 27:38
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38Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
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John 19:12
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