Bound with them that had made insurrection (μετα των στασιαστων δεδεμενος). A desperate criminal, leader in the insurrection, sedi…

Bound with them that had made insurrection.—The fact that Barabbas was a rebel as well as robber is also stated by St. Luke ([Reference Lu…

And he therefore hoped that the people, who were not moved by the same envy, would have chosen to have Jesus set free.

The Venerable Bede: Pilate furnished many opportunities for releasing Jesus, in the first place contrasting a robber with the J…

There apparently had been an uprising in the city of Jerusalem (cf. Lk 23:19), and one of the insurrectionists was a man named Barabbas (his first …

And there was one named Barabbas
A prisoner of that name at Jerusalem;

which lay bound with them …

They bound Christ. It is good for us often to remember the bonds of the Lord Jesus, as bound with him who was bound for us. By delivering up the Ki…