Insurrection
INSURRECTION (, Mar 15:7, and Luk 23:19; Luk 23:25 where Authorized Version gives sedition) is defined by Plato (Rep. v. 470 B) thus: , . Its use in these passages is important as showing that Barabbas was not merely a robber (, Joh 18:40), but also a leader in one of those fierce fanatical out bursts which were so common in the last years of the Jewish nation, especially from the accession of Herod. Josephus tells of notable leaders such as Ezekias, his son Judas, and his four grandsons, all of whom were put to death (Ant. xiv. ix. 2, xvii. x. 5, xviii. i. 1; BJ ii. iv. 1, viii. 1, xiii. 5, etc.; cf. Act 5:36 f., Act 21:38). Josephus in his account of the final troubles uses and almost as convertible terms. Nothing further is known of this particular , unless, as Ewald (HI [Note: I History of Israel.] vi. 67 f.) suggests, it may have arisen on account of the aqueduct which Pilate had built with money taken from the Temple treasury (Josephus, BJ ii. ix. 4; cf. Luk 13:4). Barabbas may have been moved by patriotic ideas at the first, becoming an outlaw and notorious robber when his rising was suppressed; or he may have used aspirations after freedom merely as a cloak for brigandage (see Westcott, Some Lessons of the Revised Version of the NT, p. 74 f.).* [Note: There is no reference to the insurrection in the Sin. Syr. Gospels: see Mrs. Lewis in Exp. Times, xii. (1901), pp. 118, 271.] He was lying bound with them that had made insurrection (, v.l. , Mar 15:7), including probably the two robbers who were crucified; for him the third cross may have been intended. Such men had a deep hold on the popular sympathy, which goes to explain the strong demand of the people for the release of their hero, and the interest which the priests showed on behalf of Barabbas, notwithstanding their pretence to holiness. But the hollowness of their newfound zeal for Caesar was thereby exposed, seeing that Barabbas was admittedly guilty of the crime which they alleged against Jesus. See, further, Barabbas.
Literature.Edersheim, Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah, ii. 576 ff.; Trench, Studies in the Gospels (No. 15).
W. H. Dundas.
Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels
Insurrection
in-su-rekshun: The word in Psa 64:2 the King James Version is changed in the Revised Version (British and American) into tumult; in Ezr 4:19 (verb) it represents the Aramaic )#&fn;, nesa’, to lift up oneself. In the New Testament , stasis, is rendered insurrection in Mar 15:7 the King James Version (where compare the verb made insurrection), but in Luk 23:19, Luk 23:25 sedition. the Revised Version (British and American) correctly renders insurrection throughout; also in Act 24:5 insurrections for the King James Version sedition.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Insurrection
General references
Psa 64:2
Described by David
Psa 55
Led by:
– Bichri
2Sa 20
– Absalom
Absalom
– Barabbas
Mar 15:7
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Insurrection
akin to histemi, “to make to stand,” denotes (a) primarily, “a standing or place,” Heb 9:8; (b) “an insurrection, sedition,” translated “insurrection” in Mar 15:7; “insurrections” in Act 24:5, RV (AV, “sedition”); in Luk 23:19, Luk 23:25 (AV “sedition”), “riot,” Act 19:40, RV (AV, “uproar”); (c) “a dissension,” Act 15:2; in Act 23:7, Act 23:10, “dissension.” See DISSENSION.
denotes “a rebel, revolutionist, one who stirs up sedition” (from stasiazo, “to stir up sedition”), Mar 15:7, “had made insurrection.” Some mss. have sustasiastes, a fellow-rioter, a fellow-mover of sedition, AV, “had made insurrection with (him).”
signifies “to rise up against” (lit., “to cause to stand forth against,” kata, “against,” epi, “forth,” histemi, “to cause to stand”), Act 18:12, AV, “made insurrection” (RV, “rose up against).”