1.2 KiB
General Information:
Verse 19 tells us background information about who Barabbas is. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background)
they cried out all together
"All the people in the crowd shouted"
Away with this man
"Take this man away!" They are asking for Jesus to be killed. AT: "Take this man away and execute him!" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
release to us
"us" refers to the crowd only, and not to Pilate and his soldiers. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive)
Barabbas was a man ... for murder
This is background information that Luke gives about who Barabbas was. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background)
who had been put into prison
This can be stated in active form. AT: "whom the Romans had put in prison" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
for
"because of his involvement in" or "because of his crime of"
a certain rebellion in the city
"trying to persuade the people of the city to rebel against the Roman government"