Mat 27:17 | NET2full | STEP | So after they had assembled , Pilate said to them , “ Whom do you want me to release for you , Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ ?”

‏ Matthew 27:17

17 So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus ^{▼▼tc Again, as in v. 16, the name “Jesus” is supplied before “Barabbas” in Θ ƒ1 700* sys Ormss (Θ 700* lack the article τόν [ton] before Βαραββᾶν [Barabban]). The same argument for accepting the inclusion of “Jesus” as the earlier reading in the previous verse applies here as well.} Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?” ^{▼▼tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”} ^{▼▼sn See the note on Christ in 1:16.}