Luke 23:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Now Barabbas was in jail because he had started a riot in the city and had murdered someone.

Cross References

Mark 15:7

And at that time there was a prisoner named Barabbas. He and some others had been arrested for murder during a riot.

Luke 23:18

But the whole crowd shouted, “Kill Jesus! Give us Barabbas!”

Luke 23:2

They started accusing him and said, “We caught this man trying to get our people to riot and to stop paying taxes to the Emperor. He also claims that he is the Messiah, our king.”

Luke 23:20

Pilate wanted to set Jesus free, so he spoke again to the crowds.

Luke 23:5

But they all kept on saying, “He has been teaching and causing trouble all over Judea. He started in Galilee and has now come all the way here.”

Acts 21:38

“Aren't you that Egyptian who started a riot not long ago and led four thousand terrorists into the desert?”

Acts 3:14

You rejected Jesus, who was holy and good. You asked for a murderer to be set free,