They began bringing accusations against Him, saying, "We discovered this man misleading the people of our nation and telling them not to pay taxes to Caesar, and claiming that he himself was the Messiah, a king!"

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.

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Now at the Passover Festival Pilate customarily released whatever prisoner the people asked him to.

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

But

Then he released Barabbas to them, but he had Jesus flogged and then turned over to be crucified.

So Pilate, wanting to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and after he had Jesus flogged, he turned Him over to be crucified.

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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.

They asked Pilate to have Him put to death, even though they could not find any [legitimate] reason to execute Him.