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Is It Actually in the Bible?
Phrases people quote as Scripture. The real verse, or the honest answer that there is not one.
The crowd "desired a murderer to be granted unto" them (Acts 3:14) sounds like they emotionally longed for or fantasized about Barabbas.
"Desired" here is a formal, legal request: the crowd asked Pilate for Barabbas's release, not an emotional longing.
Acts 3:14
Acts 3:14, in every translation this tool compares.
What is actually going on
Peter is describing the moment in Pilate's trial when the crowd was offered a choice of prisoner to release and asked for Barabbas instead of Jesus. Most modern translations render it plainly as "asked for" or "requested."
"Desire" in 1611 English still carried this older, more formal sense of petitioning or asking for something, closer to how we'd use "request" today, rather than the modern connotation of wanting something badly.
