The Choice of Barabbas
John 18:40
Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.


I. POPULAR. Popular election wrong for once! Vox populi non semper vox Dei.

II. FRENZIED. When passion rules judgment dies.

III. CRIMINAL. They desired a murderer and killed the Prince of Life (Acts 3:14).

IV. FOOLISH. They chose an enemy and rejected a Friend, and such a Friend l

V. FATAL. It sealed their destruction as a people.

VI. PREDICTED (Isaiah 53:3).

VII. OVERRULED. It brought salvation to the world, even to the Jews (cf. Psalm 76:10; Amos 5:8; Isaiah 40:4; Romans 8:8).

(T. Whitelaw D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

WEB: Then they all shouted again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.




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