"No, not this man," they shouted again, "but Barabbas!" This Barabbas was a robber.
Jesus at the same time said to the crowds: "Have you come out, as if after a robber, with swords and clubs, to take me? I have sat teaching day after day in the Temple Courts, and yet you did not arrest me."
At that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.
The Pilate released Barabbas to them; but Jesus he scourged, and gave him up to be crucified.
And Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and, after scourging Jesus, gave him up to be crucified.
A man called Barabbas was in prison, with the rioters who had committed murder during a riot.
He released the man who had been put in prison for riot and murder, as they demanded, and gave Jesus up to be dealt with as they pleased.