Dict: easton - Barabbas

easton:

Barabbas @ i.e., son of Abba or of a father, a notorious robber whom Pilate proposed to condemn to death instead of Jesus, whom he wished to release, in accordance with the Roman custom kjv@John:18:40; kjv@Mark:15:7; kjv@Luke:23:19). But the Jews were so bent on the death of Jesus that they demanded that Barabbas should be pardoned kjv@Matthew:27:16-26; kjv@Acts:3:14). This Pilate did.