David Garland notes that the violence of renegades like Barabbas continued in the decades that followed until it finally erupted into a full-scale war with Rome. Rome invaded Palestine and destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple and most of the people who lived there. The leaders had been afraid of Jesus because supposedly he was a threat to the Temple. And they released Barabbas. The violent ways of men like him eventually reigned terror on the land and led to the destruction of the very Temple that they were trying to protect. It’s an interesting irony.