John 18:40

40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

Ver. 40. Now Barabbas was a robber ] And a murderer too, Acts 3:14 , yet preferred before Christ, who was also crucified in the midst of two thieves, as the worst of the three. Thus he was peccatorum maximus, greatest of sinners, both by imputation, for he bore our sins, which were all made to meet upon him, Isaiah 53:6 , and by reputation, for he was "numbered with the transgressors,"Isaiah 53:12; Isaiah 53:12 , and made "his grave with the wicked,"Isaiah 53:9; Isaiah 53:9 .