(a man who was cast into prison because of a certain insurrection that occurred in the city, and for murder).
But ye denied the Holy and Righteous, and asked for a man, a murderer to be granted to you.
But they were emphatic, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, having begun from Galilee as far as here.
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ, a king.
And a man who was called Barabbas was with the rebels who were bound, men who had committed murder during the insurrection.
But they cried out all together, saying, Take away this man, and release to us Barabbas
Again therefore Pilate called out wanting to release Jesus,
Then thou are not the Egyptian who revolted before these days, and who led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?