WHEN Pontius Pilate presented the crowd with a choice to free Jesus of Nazareth or Barabbas, a known criminal, the people ...

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The Holy Week naturally gives people who commemorate it some room to reflect on life and to think of subjects associated with the central figure of what is being observed: Jesus Christ ... the Baptist ...

even when given a choice to free Jesus or Barabbas, followed by Jesus carrying the cross and being hung on it to die. Ensley nonprofit to ‘mentor youth’ caught selling alcohol without a ...

These eight points illustrate how John presents Jesus as the true Passover Lamb and the fulfillment of the Exodus story. 1. Barabbas and the cross as a vicarious sacrifice All four gospels link Jesus’ ...

In the Gospels, the masses of people had a choice this particular year between Barabbas, a known violent criminal, or Jesus. Jesus was the one who had been proclaiming the kingdom of God with a ...

When we read in the Bible about Pilate offering the mob a choice between a career criminal, Barabbas, or the man in whom Pilate could find no fault, Jesus, we cannot believe they chose to free ...

The Gospel writers are actually trying to communicate here (as also with the Barabbas episode in Mark 15:6-14) that Jesus was mistakenly crucified as a violent zealot against the Roman occupiers ...

“Whom do you want me to release for you,” asked the governor, Pilate. “Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” (Matt. 27:17). These two prisoners stood before him. One had a bruised and battered ...