one who for a certain insurrection made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.
And there was one called Barabbas, lying bound with them that had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.
But they cried out all together, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ a king.
And Pilate spake unto them again, desiring to release Jesus;
But they were the more urgent, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, and beginning from Galilee even unto this place.
Art thou not then the Egyptian, which before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?
But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you,