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Cried out (ekraugasan). First aorist active of kraugazō, old and rare verb from kraugē, outcry (Mat 25:6), as in Mat 12:19.
Not this man (mē touton). Contemptuous use of houtos. The priests put the crowd up to this choice (Mar 15:11) and Pilate offered the alternative (Mat 27:17, one MS. actually gives Jesus as the name of Barabbas also). The name Barabbas in Aramaic simply means son of a father.
A robber (lēistēs). Old word from lēizomai, to plunder, and so a brigand and possibly the leader of the band to which the two robbers belonged who were crucified with Jesus. Luke terms him an insurgent and murderer (Luk 23:19, Luk 23:25). They chose Barabbas in preference to Jesus and apparently Jesus died on the very cross planned for Barabbas.