Who was 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 (John 18:40; Mark 15:7; Luke 23:19).

Barabbas first appears in Matthew 27:16. In this repository’s biblical text, this figure is associated with 10 verse mentions across 4 books, most notably Matthew, Mark, Luke, John.