15:6 During the feast it was customary to release one prisoner to the people, 1 whomever they requested. 15:7 A man named Barabbas was imprisoned with rebels who had committed murder during an insurrection. 15:8 Then the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to release a prisoner for them, as was his custom. 2 15:9 So Pilate asked them, 3 “Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you?” 15:10 (For he knew that the chief priests had handed him over because of envy.) 4 15:11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release 5 Barabbas instead.
1 tn Grk “them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Grk “Coming up the crowd began to ask [him to do] as he was doing for them.”
3 tn Grk “Pilate answered them, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.
4 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.
5 tn Grk “to have him release for them.”