At Easter, we remember the profound sacrifice of Jesus Christ. One of the most striking moments of the Easter story is the release of Barabbas—a convicted criminal—while Jesus, the innocent ...

Though Jesus had been beloved in Jerusalem less than a week before, the chief priests and the elders persuaded the people to vote to release Barabbas. And what was to be done with the innocent Jesus?

The story of Barabbas originates in New Testament accounts of Jesus’s trial before Pontius Pilate, Roman governor of Judea in the first century.

No, Rick Warren, Jesus Crucified Between Two ‘Bandits’ Doesn’t Mean He’s in the Middle Your equivalence between the two “bandits” and Republicans and Democrats does not hold water.

“Which one do you want me to release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus called Messiah?” ...

Barabbas, Annas and Pilate are struggling for the Hispanic soul, while off to one side, a crown of thorns on his brow, stands the Lord Christ, the Eternal Son of God. For the moment he is a minority.