one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.
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one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.
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which for insurreccion made in the cite and morther was cast into preson.
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Which for a certaine insurrection made in the citie, and murder, was cast in prison.
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Passages linked to Luke 23:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Acts 3:14 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
- Luke 23:2 They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”
- Luke 23:5 But they insisted, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 19 (Who for a certain sedition made in the…
19 (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
Ver. 19. See Joh 18:40. {See Trapp on "Joh 18:40"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Who, for a certain sedition made in the city,....…
Who, for a certain sedition made in the city,.... Of Jerusalem: he had made an insurrection in it, in opposition to the government, in order to have thrown off the yoke, and to have asserted and maintained their liberties, as a free people; or rather to have seized and plundered the properties of other people, since he is represented elsewhere as a robber:
and for murder; which had either been committed by himself, or his accomplices, in the insurrection; and for these things, sedition, and murder, he
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was cast into prison; where he lay till this feast, in order to be executed.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. who] The word implies ‘a man of such…
19. who] The word implies ‘a man of such a kind, that, &c.’
and for murder] “Ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you,” Act_3:14. Nothing is known of Bar-Abbas, but it has been conjectured from his name that he or his father belonged to the order of the Sanhedrists, who therefore desired his release. If he had been a follower of Judas of Galilee, or engaged in the riot against Pilate about his use of the Corban, he would enlist the sympathies of the people also.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (19) Who for a certain sedition.—St. Luke’s and St.…
(19) Who for a certain sedition.—St. Luke’s and St. Mark’s accounts agree more closely than the others. St. John alone speaks of Barabbas as a “robber;” St. Matthew merely calls him a “notable prisoner.”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 23:19 Palestine was a breeding ground for insurrection in…
23:19 Palestine was a breeding ground for insurrection in the decades leading up to the Jewish revolt of AD 66–74. The Jewish historian Josephus describes a series of first-century revolutionaries, such as Judas of Galilee, who opposed Roman rule and taxation (see also Acts 5:36-37).
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