(who had been thrown into prison for a certain uprising made in the city, and for murder).
And there was one called Barabba, chained with his fellow rebels, who had committed murder in the uprising.
And they cried out, all together, saying, “Away with this One, and release to us Barabba”
and began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this one perverting the nation, and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Messiah, a Sovereign.”
Wishing to release יהושע, then, Pilate appealed to them again.
But they were insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching through all Yehuḏ
“Are you not the Mitsrite who some time ago stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand assassins out into the wilderness?”
“But you denied the Set-apart and Righteous One, and asked that a man, a murderer, be granted you.