Mark
Mark 15:6–7
6Now it was Pilate’s custom at the feast to release to the peopleb a prisoner of their choosing. 7And a man named Barabbas was imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder during the insurrection.
Footnotes
- b 15:6 Literally Now at the feast he would release to them
Word by word
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Mark 15:6
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | δὲ | de | Conjunction | G1161 but, on the other hand, and |
| at | Κατὰ | Kata | Preposition | G2596 down from, against, according to, throughout, during |
| feast | ἑορτὴν | heortēn | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G1859 a festival, feast |
| to release | ἀπέλυεν | apelyen | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G630 I release, let go, send away, divorce |
| to | αὐτοῖς | autois | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| a | ἕνα | hena | Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular | G1520 one |
| prisoner | δέσμιον | desmion | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G1198 one bound, a prisoner |
| of their choosing | παρῃτοῦντο | parētounto | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural | G3868 I make excuse, refuse, reject |
Mark 15:7
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And | δὲ | de | Conjunction | G1161 but, on the other hand, and |
| named | λεγόμενος | legomenos | Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3004 I say, speak |
| Barabbas | Βαραββᾶς | Barabbas | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G912 Barabbas |
| was | ἦν | ēn | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| imprisoned | δεδεμένος | dedemenos | Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular | G1210 I bind |
| with | μετὰ | meta | Preposition | G3326 with, after |
| the | τῶν | tōn | Article - Genitive Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| rebels | στασιαστῶν | stasiastōn | Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural | G4955 a fellow insurgent |
| who | οἵτινες | hoitines | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural | G3748 whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever |
| had committed | πεποιήκεισαν | pepoiēkeisan | Verb - Pluperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G4160 I do, make |
| murder | φόνον | phonon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G5408 murder, slaughter |
| during | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| the | τῇ | tē | Article - Dative Feminine Singular | G3588 the |
| insurrection | στάσει | stasei | Noun - Dative Feminine Singular | G4714 standing, place, dissension |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Mark 15:6 John 18:39–40 · Acts 25:9 · Acts 24:27
Mark 15:7 Luke 23:25 · Luke 23:18–19 · Matthew 27:16
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.