Barabas; name means “son of the father”
...a guilty crimminal they wanted spared
Jesus is the Son of the Father
...the sinless Savior they wanted to be crucified
They knew these details at the time!
...that is all
Bar-abbas: Son of \my\ father. Dividing among those who are legitimately born to a married mother and father, not a bastard son.
Which would reflect poorly on his mother, whom they would accuse of having an uncovered head.
Jesus, cried “Abba! Father!”
Loosely, “Daddy! Dad!”
In both instances, abba[s] means “my father”.
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