Exegesis:
anekragon de pamplēthei ‘but they shouted out all together.’
pamplēthei lit. ‘with the whole multitude,’ adverb, ‘all together.’
aire touton lit. ‘take him away,’ ‘remove him,’ hence ‘away with him.’
apoluson de hēmin ton Barabban ‘release Barabbas for us.’
Translation:
They all cried out together, or, “the whole crowd shouted” (Translator’s New Testament).
Away with this man, implying that he should die; hence, ‘kill this man, or, him’ (cf. An American Translation, Good News Translation, Bible de Jérusalem, Batak Toba), or, ‘destroy this man’ (Javanese).
Release to us Barabbas, or, if the force of “to us” has to be described, “We want B. set free” (Phillips, similarly Sundanese), “… let us have B.” (The Four Gospels – a New Translation). Us has exclusive force.
Quoted with permission from Reiling, J. and Swellengrebel, J.L. A Handbook on the Gospel of Luke. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1971. For this and other handbooks for translators see here . Make sure to also consult the Handbook on the Gospel of Mark for parallel or similar verses.
