“Release Barabbas to us,” they cried. When I was a kid in Sunday school, no one ever truly explained the significance of the crowd’s choice. It mystified me.

Pilate, a classic compromising public official, washed his hands of the whole thing. They wanted Barabbas, a rebel, a revolutionary, a robber, a murderer. He released Barabbas to them.

Barabbas tried to “help” God save his people by overthrowing Rome, even if that meant committing murder. To vote for Barabbas is to put faith in anything other than God, including an election ...

Barabbas is mentioned in all four Gospels and is described as a notorious prisoner, a murderer, and an insurrectionist. Election Highlights: Hate is UP!

The “Give us Barabbas” meme is clearly intended as a jab at voters who opted for a repugnant leader over presumably far better options. But such framing calls to mind the same judgments embedded in ...

Ms. Goshay in her column said the alternative to Barabbas is truth. Perhaps Ms. Goshay needs to understand that her liberal ideology and opinions are not the truth. Frank Ianni, Perry Township.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) -Brookland Baptist Church in West Columbia is preparing for the dinner theater production of “Barabbas”. Its part of the drama series presented by Broadway at Brookland ...

Barabbas had 33 court cases going back to 2005. He did a stint with Hawaii HOPE program for drug offenders. In 2011 he started a 10-year sentence for robbery and theft convictions.

They cheer and applaud Barabbas. The cheques in the post, in the opinion of the crowds, can justify murder, fraud, corruption, money laundering: they are a licence to justify anything.