They shouted out again, "[No], not this man. [We want] Barabbas!" [Note: Ironically, Barabbas' name means "son of the father"]. Now Barabbas was a robber.

But you denied the Holy and Righteous One [His rightful freedom] and asked for a murderer to be released to you [instead].

Away

Then they shouted out, "Take him away; take him away and crucify him!" Pilate replied to them, "Do you want me to crucify your king?" The leading priests answered, "We do not have any [other] king, except Caesar."

for the crowds that followed were [pressing in on them] shouting, "Kill him."

The people had listened to Paul speaking up to this point [i.e., until he said the word "Gentiles"], then they raised their voices and shouted, "Do away with such a person from the earth; it is not right for him to live."

General references

One prisoner, named Barabbas, was kept chained up in prison along with men who had committed murder during a rebellion.

They shouted out again, "[No], not this man. [We want] Barabbas!" [Note: Ironically, Barabbas' name means "son of the father"]. Now Barabbas was a robber.

for the crowds that followed were [pressing in on them] shouting, "Kill him."