Barabbas or Jesus Barabbas (a Hellenization of the Aramaic bar abba בר אבא, literally "son of the father" or "Jesus, son of the Father" respectively) is a figure mentioned in the accounts of the Passion of Christ, in which he is an insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of releasing Jesus.
Biblical account
According to all four canonical gospels and the non-canonicalGospel of Peter there was a prevailing Passover custom in Jerusalem that allowed or required Pilate, the praefectus or governor of Judea, to commute one prisoner's death sentence by popular acclaim, and the "crowd" (ochlos), "the Jews" and "the multitude" in some sources, were offered a choice of whether to have either Barabbas or Jesus released from Roman custody. According to the Synoptic Gospels of Matthew,Mark,
and Luke,
and the accounts in John and the Gospel of Peter, the crowd chose Barabbas to be released and Jesus of Nazareth to be crucified. Pilate is portrayed as reluctantly yielding to the insistence of the crowd. A passage found only in the Gospel of Matthew has the crowd saying, "Let his blood be upon us and upon our children."
Barabbas is a 1950 novel by Pär Lagerkvist. It tells a version of the life of Barabbas, the man whom the Bible relates was released instead of Jesus. The novel is built on antithesis: Jesus dies first among the three crucified – Barabbas dies last. Jesus dies among several of his friends – Barabbas dies alone. Jesus talks to God – Barabbas talks to the darkness. The novel starts with Jesus' crucifixion and ends with Barabbas' crucifixion in Rome.
Plot
Jesus is crucified on Mount Golgotha. To the side of the crowd stands Barabbas. A violent man, a brigand, and a rebel, he cannot muster much respect for the resignation of the man who died in his place. He is skeptical about the holiness of Jesus, but he is also fascinated by the sacrifice and he seeks out the different followers of Jesus trying to understand, but finds that their exalted views of Jesus do not match his down-to-earth observation of the man. More important, since Barabbas has never been the recipient of love (the cornerstone of the Christian faith), he finds that he is unable to understand love and hence unable to understand the Christian faith. He says that he "Wants to believe," but for Barabbas, understanding is a prerequisite for belief, so he is unable.
The film was directed by Richard Fleischer and shot in Verona and Rome under the supervision of producer Dino De Laurentiis. It included many spectacular scenes, including a battle of gladiators in a Cinecittà film studio mock-up of the arena, and a crucifixion shot during a real eclipse of the sun.
Plot
Shortly before the crucifixion of Christ, Pontius Pilate offers to release either Jesus Christ or Barabbas in keeping with the local custom. As the Bible story goes, Barabbas is the one the crowd chooses.
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Barabbas or Jesus Barabbas (a Hellenization of the Aramaic bar abba בר אבא, literally "son of the father" or "Jesus, son of the Father" respectively) is a figure mentioned in the accounts of the Passion of Christ, in which he is an insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of releasing Jesus.
Biblical account
According to all four canonical gospels and the non-canonicalGospel of Peter there was a prevailing Passover custom in Jerusalem that allowed or required Pilate, the praefectus or governor of Judea, to commute one prisoner's death sentence by popular acclaim, and the "crowd" (ochlos), "the Jews" and "the multitude" in some sources, were offered a choice of whether to have either Barabbas or Jesus released from Roman custody. According to the Synoptic Gospels of Matthew,Mark,
and Luke,
and the accounts in John and the Gospel of Peter, the crowd chose Barabbas to be released and Jesus of Nazareth to be crucified. Pilate is portrayed as reluctantly yielding to the insistence of the crowd. A passage found only in the Gospel of Matthew has the crowd saying, "Let his blood be upon us and upon our children."
Some work and slave for all of their days And they'll do anything whatever it pays Some of us search and we find other ways Me, I turned to thieving A little bit here and a little bit there Always some danger but i didn't care As long as I felt I was getting my share That's all I ever believed in From the day I was born I understood One way or another I'd wind up no good One night I got caught, always knew that I would The charges were robbery and murder I broke into a house for money and jewels Some old man tried to stop me, poor misguided fool I killed him and left him in his own bloody pool I ran but was caught by the soldiers They bound me and beat me and put me on trial It was all cut and dried, it took a short while "Have you anything to say?" I only smiled And said, "Judge, let's get this over." I was led from the courtroom and back to my cell For a man 'bout to die I was taking it well With no hope of heaven and no fear of hell Only silence and darkness forever I awoke from a dream in the middle of the night The door burst open and in streamed the light A man was thrown in more dead than alive On his face I could see the blood glisten I could tell at a glance he'd been beat black and blue He lay their unconscious but then he came to I said, "Tell me, friend, what on earth did you do." He said, "I told them but they wouldn't listen." Told them what?" I asked but he didn't speak again He just lay there quiet in his blood and his pain The morning broke, it was starting to rain The guards come in and they got us Out to the courtyard in the cool morning air A crowd was waiting. Why were they there? Two small-time losers, what did they care? I'd have thought they'd already forgot us The next thing I heard was the governor's own voice He raised up his hands and the mob ceased its noise "According to custom I'm giving you the choice Which of these men should I pardon?" The mob went crazy and cried out my name Shouting, "Give us Barabas!" again and again The governor sighed and said, "My hands are clean." The mob shouted, "Give us Barabas!" But what kind of freedom is this that is mine? To spend all my days in search of a sign To have my life saved and to never know why To owe such a debt to a stranger I will go with the wind to a far distant land I will not cease my wandering til I understand I will tell everyone, every woman and man Of the strange things I have beheld here
We read in the four Gospels of the New Testament, all of which make reference to Barabbas, the man whom Jewish religious leaders wanted released instead of Jesus as was the tradition on the eve before Passover.
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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 exposing their hypocrisy ...Perhaps Barabbas did, too.
Morning Times
19 Nov 2024
Morning Times
19 Nov 2024