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Mk 15:7a ... There-was now the-one being-called (Jesus)-Barabbas with the fellow-standers having-been-bound, ...

Verse 7 has 2 phrases and 15 narrator words. The 1st phrase has these 9 narrator words ... ēn de ho legomenos Barabbas meta tōn stasiastōn dedemenos [There-was yet the-one being-called (Jesus)-BarAbbas with the fellow-standers having-been-bound, ... ].

The 9 words are top down. The one called Bar-Abbas (Son of the Father), is an ironic alias for the real Jesus (Son of Man, Son of God, Son of God the Father). The words "meta tōn stasiastōn," (with the standers) puts at least two defendants before Pilate. The singular noun "dedemenos" is translated "the one having been bound." The diagram shows Barabbas and Jesus each bound by a triangle with a crowd of Jews standing below bound by a rectangle. "Barabbas is a probable doublet for Jesus himself. Manuscripts of Matthew exist that have "Jesus Barabbas" in Matt 27:16, for Origen insists that many manuscripts of Matthew did not contain the offensive "Jesus" before "Barabbas." Consequently some scholars have argued that this was the original usage in Mark (which Matthew copied) (M. Turton)"

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