We Are All Barabbas

Rapture Forums ^ | 3/30/18 | Nathan Jones

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Let’s take a look at the story of Barabbas as it relates to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. How does Pilate’s release of a criminal relate to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus?

For a fascinating teaching which reveals the deeper insights concerning the purpose of the resurrection of Jesus found in the story of Barabbas, we invited Doug Greenwold, a Bible scholar who serves as the senior teaching fellow for a ministry called Preserving Bible Times, to our television program Christ in Prophecy. Doug uncovers often missed insights into dramatic biblical stories by digging deep into the overall biblical context that provide poignant spiritual applications to the reader today.

Son of the Father Doug Greenwold: Let’s consider Barabbas. Some things we know about him. For instance, his story is mentioned in all four Gospels. How very rare that somebody is mentioned in all four Gospels. Barabbas gets more ink than even Judas Iscariot does.

The first thing that jumps out involves linguistics. Let’s evaluate Barabbas’ name. Where is Barabbas’ first name? We read of a Simon Bar-Jonah, meaning Simon son of Jonah (Mat. 16:17). Bar means son in Hebrew. So, for Barabbas, his name starts with bar, so his name means “the son of Abba or Abbas,” depending on the Aramaic or Hebrew. Well, we’ve run across this word before. Abba means father, so Barabbas’ name actually means “Son of the Father.”

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Hard to not agree with this.

[SheepWhisperer]

Thank you for this!

I certainly an Barabbas

BTTT

[Telepathic Intruder]

We are all Pilate as well. We are all the Romans, the Jews, the false witnesses the Pharisee paid off, and the jeerers at His mock trial. It was the world that crucified Jesus, not just someone you can point the finger at and say "it was he, not me".

So you can either side with this world, and its political correctness masquerading as morality, or another one. It was this self-sacrifice that made the choice possible.

[SkyDancer]

Anthony Quinn as Barabbas in the movie The Robe.

[Terry Mross]

Jesus paid a debt we couldn’t pay and one He didn’t owe

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Good movie BTW

[gattaca]

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