Barabbas

Representation of Barabbas by James Tissot (1836–1902)

Barabbas (bəˈræbəs; Biblical Greek: Bαραββᾶς, romanized: Barabbās)[1] was, according to the New Testament, a prisoner who was chosen over Jesus by the crowd in Jerusalem to be pardoned and released by Roman governor Pontius Pilate at the Passover feast.[2]

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