Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 23:19

"one who for a certain insurrection made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison." — Luke 23:19 (ASV)

Who for a certain sedition.—St. Luke’s and St. Mark’s accounts agree more closely than the others. St. John alone speaks of Barabbas as a “robber;” St. Matthew merely calls him a “notable prisoner.”