They shouted back, “No, not him! Give us Barabbas!” Now Barabbas had taken part in an uprising.
In that hour Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not arrest me.
At that time they had a well-known prisoner whose name was Jesus Barabbas.
Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising.
He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will.