Search results
Mar 16, 2021 · The parallels with the Barabbas story are fascinating—one dies while the other is released—not least because it was the chief priests who wanted Barabbas released and Jesus killed (Mark 15:11).
Aug 5, 2022 · The crowd chose Barabbas to be released. Pilate seems to have been surprised at the crowd’s insistence that Barabbas be set free instead of Jesus. The governor stated that the charges against Jesus were baseless ( Luke 23:14) and appealed to the crowd three times to choose sensibly (verses 18–22).
Barabbas was a robber, murderer and rebel. He had sought to save the Jews through insurrection. In character, Barabbas represented the devil, who was a murderer from the beginning. (See John 8:44.) In heaven Satan caused sedition and a third of the angels joined him.
Barabbas is identified as “a notorious prisoner” , “a robber” , and as one of “the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection” . The motive for the insurrection in Jerusalem, during which he had committed murder ( 15:7 ; Luke 23:19 ), is uncertain.
Apr 5, 2012 · In contrast with Jesus, who Pilate says in verse 22 has “no guilt deserving death,” Barabbas is the guilty who deserves to die. A Horrific and Holy Substitution. Not only is Jesus the innocent, but Barabbas is the guilty. Jesus is innocent and has done nothing deserving death. Barabbas is the rebel prisoner, carrying with him guilt ...
Barabbas had already been imprisoned with his fellow rebels, and now Jesus was bound and brought to the Roman governor's residence in Jerusalem. Thus, both Barabbas and Jesus came to find themselves facing the death penalty, with their fate in the hands of Rome's representative, Pontius Pilate .
Feb 1, 2018 · Barabbas was a criminal whom the gospels say was released by the Romans instead of Jesus. Bar-abbas means 'son of the father,' thus a false 'son of the father' was chosen by the Jews to be released while the true 'son of the father' was delivered to the Romans for crucifixion.
