Mat 27:17 | NETfull | 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 ^{▼▼ Again, as in v. 16, the name “Jesus” is supplied before “Barabbas” in Θ f¹ 700* pc sy^s Or^mss (Θ 700* lack the article τόν [ton] before Βαραββᾶν [Barabban]). The same argument for accepting the inclusion of “Jesus” as original in the previous verse applies here as well.} Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?” ^{▼▼ Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”} ^{▼▼ See the note on Christ in 1:16.}