Imagine his reaction when the crowd brayed for Barabbas — an unrepentant criminal — rather than Jesus, who had fed and healed some of them but who also had a tendency to make folks squirm by ...

In the New Testament of the Bible, Barabbas is a prisoner who was chosen by the crowd over Jesus to be released by Pontius ...

O Lord. Most dear Jesus, likened to the infamous Barabbas, rejected by your people, and unjustly sentenced to death, have mercy on us, O Lord. Most dear Jesus, burdened with the weight of the ...

Dreams were taken very seriously by Romans so Pilate did not want to condemn Jesus to death. However, Pilate’s plan did not work because the Sanhedrin persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas to ...