MATTHEW 27:26 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.”
Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified. The release of Barabbas and the scourging and delivery of Jesus: the substitution that the Passover custom produced is the enacted parable of the atonement. The scourging — the brutal Roman flogging with the leather whip embedded with bone and metal — precedes the crucifixion as the standard Roman execution procedure.
Church Fathers on Matthew 27:26
Because Christ had answered nothing to the accusations of the Jews, by which Pilate could acquit Him of what was alleged against Him, he contrives other means of saving Him.
Thus do the Gentiles shew favours to those whom they subject to themselves, until their yoke is riveted. Yet did this practice obtain also among the Jews, Saul did not put Jonathan to death, because all the people sought his life. [marg. note: 1 Sam 14]
In the Gospel entitled 'according to the Hebrews,' Barabbas is interpreted, 'The son of their master,' who had been condemned for sedition and murder. Pilate gives them the choice between Jesus and the robber, not doubting but that Jesus would be the rather chosen.
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