Matthew
Matthew 27:17
17So when the crowd had assembled, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So | οὖν | oun | Conjunction | G3767 therefore, then |
| when | συνηγμένων | synēgmenōn | Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Plural | G4863 I gather together |
| Pilate | Πιλᾶτος | Pilatos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G4091 Pilate |
| asked | εἶπεν | eipen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing) |
| them | αὐτοῖς | autois | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| Which | Τίνα | Tina | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G5101 who, which, what |
| do you want | θέλετε | thelete | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G2309 I will, wish, desire |
| me to release | ἀπολύσω | apolysō | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular | G630 I release, let go, send away, divorce |
| to you | ὑμῖν | hymin | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| Barabbas | Βαραββᾶν | Barabban | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G912 Barabbas |
| or | ἢ | ē | Conjunction | G2228 or, than |
| Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Iēsoun | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G2424 Jesus |
| who | τὸν | ton | Article - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| is called | λεγόμενον | legomenon | Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3004 I say, speak |
| Christ | Χριστόν | Christon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G5547 anointed, the Messiah, the Christ |
Cross-references
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John 19:15 · 1 Kings 18:21 · Mark 15:9–12 · Joshua 24:15
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.