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Barabbas in the Bible — Who Was Barabbas? | fresh.bible

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Barabbas

The prisoner the crowd chose to release instead of Jesus

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A convicted rebel and murderer who was in prison awaiting execution. Pilate offered the Passover crowd a choice: release Jesus or Barabbas. They chose Barabbas. The innocent man died so the guilty man could go free — an unintentional picture of the gospel itself.

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family_historyPrisoner released instead of Jesus

Appears In3 mentions across 3 books

luke

Innocent Three Times, Condemned Anyway

Luke 23:13-25

mark

The Crowd Chose a Murderer

Mark 15:6-15

matthew

The Crowd Chose Violence

Matthew 27:15-26

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