Barabbas

Barabbas
Barabbas
	Painting by James Tissot, btwn 1886–1894
Occupation	Bandit
Known for	Pardoned by Pontius Pilate instead of Jesus

According to the New Testament, Barabbas^[a] (fl. 1st cent.) was a Jewish bandit and rabble-rouser who was imprisoned by the Roman occupation in Jerusalem, only to be chosen over Jesus by a crowd to be pardoned by Roman governor Pontius Pilate at the Passover feast.^[2]

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