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Barabbas the Revolutionary
Commentators unanimously describe Barabbas not as a petty thief, but as a violent revolutionary and murderer. He led an insurrection against Rome, the very kind of political, militant action some had hoped Jesus would undertake. He was imprisoned with his fellow rebels for sedition and murder.
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AT Robertson
On Mark 15:7
Bound with them that had made insurrection (μετα των στασιαστων δεδεμενος). A desperate criminal, leader in the insurrection, sedi…
Charles Ellicott
On Mark 15:7
19th Century
Bishop
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…
Charles Spurgeon
On Mark 15:6–10
19th Century
Preacher
And he therefore hoped that the people, who were not moved by the same envy, would have chosen to have Jesus set free.
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Mark 15:7
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 …
John Gill
On Mark 15:7
17th Century
Pastor
And there was one named Barabbas
A prisoner of that name at Jerusalem;
which lay bound with them …
Matthew Henry
On Mark 15:1–14
17th Century
Minister
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…