Mat 27:16-17 | TNotes | STEP | 27:16 notorious prisoner ... named Barabbas: Elsewhere he is called a “revolutionary” (Mark 15:7 ; John 18:40 ), a term that also denotes a robber or insurrectionist (see Luke 23:19 ). To the zealots, Barabbas was a hero.

bMark 15:7►

cJohn 18:40►

dLuke 23:19►

‏ Matthew 27:16-17

27:16 ^a notorious prisoner ... named Barabbas: Elsewhere he is called a “revolutionary” (Mark 15:7 ^b; John 18:40 ^c), a term that also denotes a robber or insurrectionist (see Luke 23:19 ^d). To the zealots, Barabbas was a hero.