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The Crowd Chooses Barabbas

Mark 15:8

In 9 translations

BSB
So the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to keep his custom.
KJV
And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.
WEB
The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.
ASV
And the multitude went up and began to ask him to do as he was wont to do unto them.
LSV
And the multitude having cried out, began to ask for themselves as he was always doing to them,
YLT
And the multitude having cried out, began to ask for themselves as he was always doing to them,
DBY
And the crowd crying out began to beg [that he would do] to them as he had always done.
DRC
And when the multitude was come up, they began to desire that he would do, as he had ever done unto them.
GNV
And the people cried aloude, and began to desire that he woulde doe as he had euer done vnto them.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἀναβὰς (“having come up”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀναβοήσας (“having cried out”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἀεὶ (“always”); NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: ἀναβὰς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀναβὰς; Robinson–Pierpont read ἀναβοήσας.
  • SBLGNT: καθὼς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read καθὼς; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add ἀεὶ.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ἀναβὰς ὁ ὄχλος ἤρξατο αἰτεῖσθαι καθὼς ἐποίει αὐτοῖς.
RP2018
Καὶ ἀναβοήσας ὁ ὄχλος ἤρξατο αἰτεῖσθαι καθὼς ἀεὶ ἐποίει αὐτοῖς.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ἀναβοήσας ὁ ὄχλος ἤρξατο αἰτεῖσθαι καθὼς ἀεὶ ἐποίει αὐτοῖς.
SCR1894
και αναβοησας ο οχλος ηρξατο αιτεισθαι καθως αει εποιει αυτοις

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