Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 27:16
A notable prisoner. A leader in an insurrection in which he had
committed murder (Mark 15:7 Lu 23:19).
Barabbas. The word means "son of a father". Some have made him a
type of the guilty human race which is released from punishment by the
substitution of the innocent Christ.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 27:16
Mark 15:1-20
Luke 23:1-25
Luke 23:18
John 18:28-40
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