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NASB | John 18:40 So they cried out again, saying, "Not this Man, but Barabbas." Now Barabbas was a robber. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 18:40 Then they all shouted back again, "Not this Man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber. |
Bible Question: Im looking for any information on Barabbas . His back ground, who was his mother, father, where did he live, why did he become A evil man? Im looking for any new information about him. Can some one help me? Thank you very much. congo |
Bible Answer: Congo, Can't find much about him. you may have to go to a library. The Jewish historian "Josephus" is said to be a very reliable source for many things happening in and around the time of Christ. Some of this may help: The Gospels all state that there was a custom at Passover during which the Roman governor would release a prisoner of the crowd's choice. Mark 15:6; present in the earliest manuscripts and may be a later gloss to Matt. 27:15; John 18:39; Luke 23:17 (though this verse in Luke is not bring Luke into conformity)[8] The gospels differ on whether the custom was a Roman one or a Jewish one. Such a release or custom of such a release is not recorded in any other historical document. Some point to the perception of Pontius Pilate's disregard for Jewish sensibilities; the idea of him honouring Jewish Passover in any way may not fit with historical accounts of his character. However, other historians take the exact opposite approach, arguing that Pilate showed careful regard to customs in order to avoid revolts in an unruly province, and this may be an example of Pilate creating an "ad hoc" tradition in order to avoid a possibly explosive situation. The gospels, however, portray Pilate not as the one in control of the situation, and have him pleading with the crowd that they choose Jesus to be the one to be released, and involuntarily surrendering to their decision. An alternate, if not converse, reading of the events involving Barrabbas can also be made, however. Given that Barrabbas was described by some to be a revolutionary or a terrorist, it stands to reason that his acts of terror and revolt would have been directed against the Romans. In this case, it would be logical to assume that Barrabbas might have been viewed by the people as something of a folk hero. A freedom fighter / insurgent taking the fight to the Roman occupiers. When Barrabbas is seen through this lens, it appears that Pilates' choice to the people was not much of a choice at all. If Pilate were to offer a local hero to the people as an alternative to Jesus, they would most certainly choose to free the hero. Thus, Pilate could bring about the execution of a dangerous man of God without seeming to actually be responsible for his death. This argument is also supported in the events of Luke 23:6-12. Pilate claims no jurisdiction over Jesus because he is from Gallilee (Jerusalem was in Judea) and passes him along to King Herod to be sentenced. In spite of the fact that Herod was an actual King of the Jews and would therefore be politically threatened by Jesus, and despite having already ordered the death of John the Baptist, Herod's reaction is to ridicule Jesus for a time, and then to pass him right back to Pilate. The result of Herod's apparent assent to Pilate's jurisdiction over Jesus is said to have brought about a truce between the two men in Luke 23:12. This event, along with the "vote" between Barrabbas and Jesus, and taken with the fact that it was the Jewish Sanhedrin who had brought Jesus before Pilate in the first place, would seem to illustrate that Jesus was something of a political hot potato whom everyone from the leaders of the Temple hierarchy, to the Romans, to the Hebrew aristocracy would just as soon be rid of, but whom no one wanted to take the actual responsibility for killing. When seen in this light, it appears that everyone involved, and therefore no one group or person in particular, is responsible for the crucifiction of Jesus. Thus, all "sons of God", are responsible for the death of this actual Son of God. If Pilate did not offer a choice between Jesus and another person, several possible explanations for the origin of such a story have been offered by a number of scholars |
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