(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)

one who for a certain insurrection made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.

who was one who, for a certain tumult which had taken place in the city, and for murder, had been cast into prison.

Now this man was in prison because of an attack against the government in the town, in which there had been loss of life.

Now he had been cast into prison because of a certain sedition that occurred in the city and for murder.

(Barabbas was a man who had been put in prison for a riot that had broken out in the city and for murder.)

Who, for a certain sedition made in the city,.... Of Jerusalem: he had made an insurrection in it, in opposition to the government, in order to have thrown off the yoke, and to have asserted and maintained their liberties, as a free people; or rather to have seized and plundered the properties of other people, since he is represented elsewhere as a robber:
and for murder; which had either been committed by himself, or his accomplices, in the insurrection; and for these things, sedition, and murder, he
was cast into prison; where he lay till this feast, in order to be executed.