Luke 23:19
(Barabbas had been imprisoned for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
In Context
18But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”
20Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again,
Cross References
Luke 23:5But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”
Matthew Henry on Luke 23:14-26
Barabbas Preferred to Christ. 13 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, 14 Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: 15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. 16 I will therefore chastise him, and release him. 17 (For of necessity he must release… Read the whole commentary →