Luke 23:19
He was one who had been thrown into prison, on account of a sedition and murder which had occurred in the city.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
In Context
18And all the company vociferated, and said: Away with this man; and release to us Barabbas.
20And Pilate, being disposed to release Jesus, conversed with them again.
Cross References
Luke 23:5And they vociferated, and said: He raiseth disturbance among our people, by teaching in all Judaea, commencing from Galilee, and quite to this place.
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 →