Barabbas was the prisoner whom Pilate set free at Passover when the crowd asked for him instead of Jesus. Mark and Luke say he was held for an uprising in Jerusalem and for murder, and John calls him a robber. The Bible says nothing about him after his release, and no ancient record tells how he lived or died. His name holds the whole scene. Barabbas means “son of the father,” and the crowd chose him over the one Christians…

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