Mark 15:7

Good News Translation

At that time a man named Barabbas was in prison with the rebels who had committed murder in the riot.

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At that time there was a well-known prisoner named Jesus Barabbas.

At every Passover Festival Pilate was in the habit of setting free any one prisoner the people asked for.

When the crowd gathered and began to ask Pilate for the usual favor,

He set free the man they wanted, the one who had been put in prison for riot and murder, and he handed Jesus over for them to do as they wished.