There was one named Barabbas, who was in prison with rebels who had committed murder during the rebellion.
Luke 23:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised (He had been thrown into prison for a rebellion that had taken place in the city, and for murder.) Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 (who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He was a man who had been thrown into prison for raising a riot in the city, and for murder. American Standard Version (1901) one who for a certain insurrection made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison. Common English Bible Barabbas had been thrown into prison because of a riot that had occurred in the city, and for murder.) Catholic Public Domain Version Now he had been cast into prison because of a certain sedition that occurred in the city and for murder. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who, for a certain sedition made in the city, and for a murder, was cast into prison. |
There was one named Barabbas, who was in prison with rebels who had committed murder during the rebellion.
Then they all cried out together, ‘Take this man away! Release Barabbas to us! ’
They began to accuse him, saying, ‘We found this man misleading our nation, opposing payment of taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.’
But they kept insisting, ‘He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where he started even to here.’
Aren’t you the Egyptian who started a revolt some time ago and led four thousand men of the Sicarii into the wilderness? ’
You denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer released to you.