Matthew 27:16

εἶχον : they, the people (ὄχλῳ, Matthew 27:15). ἐπίσημον : pointing not to the magnitude of his crime, but to the fact that for some reason or other he was an object of popular interest. Βαραββᾶν, accusative of Βαραββᾶς = son of a father, or with double ρ, and retaining the v at the end, Bar-Rabban = son of a Rabbi. Jerome in his Commentary on Mt. mentions that in the Hebrew Gospel the word was interpreted filius magistri eorum. Origen mentions that in some MSS. this man bore the name Jesus, an identity of name which makes the contrast of character all the more striking. But the reading has little authority.