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The Crowd Chooses Barabbas

Matthew 27:18

In 9 translations

BSB
For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.
KJV
For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
WEB
For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.
ASV
For he knew that for envy they had delivered him up.
LSV
For he had known that they had delivered Him up because of envy.
YLT
for he had known that because of envy they had delivered him up.
DBY
For he knew that they had delivered him up through envy.
DRC
For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
GNV
(For he knewe well, that for enuie they had deliuered him.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ᾔδει γὰρ ὅτι διὰ φθόνον παρέδωκαν αὐτόν.
RP2018
ᾜδει γὰρ ὅτι διὰ φθόνον παρέδωκαν αὐτόν.
TR-Boyd
ᾜδει γὰρ ὅτι διὰ φθόνον παρέδωκαν αὐτόν.
SCR1894
ηδει γαρ οτι δια φθονον παρεδωκαν αυτον

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 27:4Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
  • Mark 15:10For he knew it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over.
  • Acts 5:17Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
  • James 4:5Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
  • Genesis 37:11And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
  • Acts 7:9Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
  • Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
  • Ecclesiastes 4:4I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
  • Isaiah 26:11O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
  • Psalms 106:16In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
  • 1 Samuel 18:7–11And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.” And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only…

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