Mark 15:7 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁷ One prisoner, named Barabbas, was kept chained up in prison along with men who had committed murder during a rebellion.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And among the rioters in the prison who had committed murder in the insurrection there was a man named Barabbas.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And there was one called Barabbas, lying bound with them that had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

Common English Bible

⁷ A man named Barabbas was locked up with the rebels who had committed murder during an uprising.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ But there was one called Barabbas, who had committed murder in the sedition, who was confined with those of the sedition.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And there was one called Barabbas, who was put in prison with some seditious men, who in the sedition had committed murder.

Mark 15:7 Cross References

Matthew 27:16

There was at that time in custody a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.

Mark 15:6

Now at the Passover Festival Pilate customarily released whatever prisoner the people asked him to.

Mark 15:8

The crowd [then] went to Pilate and asked him to do what he was accustomed to doing for them [i.e., release a prisoner of their choosing during the Passover Festival].

Luke 23:25

and released the man they had asked for [i.e., Barabbas], who had been thrown into prison for [inciting] a rebellion and committing murder. But he turned Jesus over to the people do with Him whatever they wanted.