Vincent Word Studies - John 18:40 - 18:40

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Vincent Word Studies - John 18:40 - 18:40


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Cried (ἐκραύγασαν)

Peculiarly of a loud, importunate cry; a shout. Plato uses it of the howling of a dog: “The yelping hound, howling (κραυγάζουσα) at her Lord” (“Republic,” 607). Others, of the cries of spectators in the theaters and of the croak of a raven. See on Mat 15:22.

Again

Assuming John's recollection of a previous “crying out,” which he has not recorded.

Robber (λῃστής)

See on Mat 26:55; see on Mar 11:17; see on Luk 10:30. Matthew calls him a “notable prisoner” (Mat 27:16). Mark states that he had made insurrection, and had committed murder (Mar 15:7), speaking of the insurrection as a well-known event. Luke says, “for some insurrection (στάσιν τινὰ) that had arisen in the city, and for murder” (Luk 23:19). Writing for Gentiles, Luke would not refer to the event as something familiar. Bandits of this kind were numerous in the neighborhood of Jerusalem under the Roman dominion. Their leaders were well known. Josephus describes them by the same word which Matthew uses, ἐπίσημοι, notable. Their depredations were often committed under patriotic pretenses, so that Barabbas might have had influential friends among the people.