The Bible In Paintings: ✝️ PILATE LETS THE CROWD CHOOSE — JESUS OR BARABBAS? ✝️

[Hebrews 11:6]

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PILATE LETS THE CROWD CHOOSE: JESUS OR BARABBAS?

֎ Featuring 29 Paintings, 3 Photographs and 2 Reliefs ֎

M A T T H E W
«Chapter 14»*

Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

“Yes, it is as you say,” Jesus replied.

When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. Then Pilate asked him, “Don’t you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?” But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge—to the great amazement of the governor.

Now it was the governor’s custom at the Feast to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd. At that time they had a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas. So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.

1
MARK ALLEN
"Choose"

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Source

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5
IVAN GLAZUNOV
"Crucify Him!"

6
Source

7
JAMES TISSOT
"Let Him Be Crucified"

8
UDO KEPPLER
"Crucify Him!"

9
Source

While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him this message: “Don’t have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.”

10
GUSTAVE DORÉ
"The Dream of Pilate's Wife"

11
JAMES TISSOT
"The Message of Pilate's Wife"

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.

“Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor.

“Barabbas,” they answered.

“What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called Christ?” Pilate asked.

They all answered, “Crucify him!”

“Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate.

But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”

When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!”

12
SIMON BENING
"Pilate Washing His Hands"

13
MATTIA PRETI
"Pilate"

14
MATTHIAS STOM
"Pontius Pilatus Washing His Hands"

15
GHIBERTI
"Pilate Washing His Hands"

16
SIMON VOUET
"Angel Holding the Vessel and Towel for
Washing the Hands of Pontius Pilate"

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FRANCISCO DE OSONA
"Pontius Pilate Washing His Hands"

18
FRANCISCO DE OSONA
"Cristo ante Pilatos"

19
LUCA GIORDANO
"Pilate Washes His Hands"

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LUDOVICO MAZZOLINO
"Cristo ante Pilatos"

21
HANS MULTSCHER
"Christ before Pilate"

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ANTONIO VIVARINI
"Cristo davanti a Pilato"

23
FERNANDO GALLEGO
"Pilate Washing His Hands"

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JAN LIEVENS
"Pilate Washing His Hands"

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HE QI
"Pilate Washing His Hands"

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GIAN GIACOMO MANECCHIA
"Pontius Pilate Washing His Hands"

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JAMES TISSOT
"Pontius Pilate Washing His Hands"

All the people answered, “Let his blood be on us and on our children!”

Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.

29
JAMES TISSOT
"Barabbas"

30
CHARLES LOUIS LUCIEN MULLER
"We Want Barabbas"

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Source

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33
JAMES TISSOT
"Jesus Leaves the Praetorium"

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JAMES TISSOT
"Jesus Hears His Death Sentence"

New International Version ©1984, Abrgd, EMPHASES added
*For a parallel account, see Mark 6
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[Hebrews 11:6]

PILATE LETS THE
CROWD CHOOSE:
JESUS OR BARABBAS?

[left that other site]

Good Morning, Dan.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Same to you, Mary-Lou!

[InkStone]

Good Morning Dan, and welcome to all!

#5 Glazunov
#7 Tissot
#10 Dore
#14 Stom
#25 He Qi

Love the way that Tissot ‘stays true’ to his view of the scene (he uses the same style and the same persons) : all of his paintings of this story, show the same incident from differing viewpoints.

Thank You Dan!

[Hebrews 11:6]

I love that about Tissot, too. But it bespeaks a larger truth: he was incredibly prolific, producing several hundred biblical scenes. He was the giant of biblical art.

[etabeta]

Love the Glazunov at #5.
All of Tissot
#18 Osona
#23 Gallego

[Big Red Badger]

Morning Dan..
Barrabas-—
The Madness of Crowds.

[etabeta]

Ivan Gazunov

[Hebrews 11:6]

Thanks, Alba!

[Hebrews 11:6]

Apparently, Jesus relied on the crowd’s madness to ensure He was not pardoned.

[spankalib]

#8 - Udo Keppler was interesting...it just yells; "...early 1900's"

Looking him up, he & his father (who founded it) were the editors of Puck magazine, America's 1st political cartoon/satire magazine.

I didn't research too deeply, the family was Austrian/German, and I suspect they were of the Marxist bent (could be way off base here, though).

Lest we think the troubles, particularly in the media that we face today are anything 'new', I submit, from Puck, this:

[Hebrews 11:6]

Yes, I assumed it was an editorial cartoon, because of “GREED” on the sleeves, but I decided to use it anyway because its portrayal of the angry crowd was so convincing.

[AnAmericanMother]

Stills from "The Passion" are interesting.

Thought that Hristo Shopov did an amazing job, probably as close to the real Pontius Pilate as anyone could get. Would have to be a pretty tough guy to have that job.

[AnAmericanMother]

It caught my eye too. I was thinking it might be “Puck” as it was the most radical of the weekly papers of the period. Too much so for it to be “Harpers” or “Judge”.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Would have to be a pretty tough guy to get that job, and to keep it.

In Passion, nearly everything Gibson did was stellar. Jesus doesn't need a villain to carry the story, but Pilate will do, anyway. In Risen, Pilate braces himself for the visiting emperor, concerned that he will be seen to be keeping the peace. In The Chosen we've just met Pilate, who tempers his ruthlessness with a declared lack of ambition.

[AnAmericanMother]

Do you recommend that series? I have seen the trailers.

[Hebrews 11:6]

With all my heart!

The Chosen is the first multi-season series about the life of Christ. They are planning 56 episodes--7 seasons of 8 episodes each. We have seen the first three seasons, and filming for season 4 begins March 27. With so much time available, we get to know Jesus and His disciples in a way that two-hour movies can never present. And I promise you: unlike so many cheesy Christian projects, this is anything but. Moreover, the writers submit their scripts to a messianic rabbi, a Catholic priest and an evangelical scholar.

Watching is completely free. Many people have donated to fund it--the producers are completely independent and not beholden to any Hollywood corporations. Rather, the hand of God is all over this. The producers' goal is to get this Gospel presentation to well more than one billion viewers. The Chosen is in every country in the world, they're producing dubbing and subtitles in dozens of languages, and already over one hundred million unique viewers have watched.

Here is a link where you can watch it online. They have a free app if you wish to cast it to your television.

If you decide to try it, PLEASE start at the beginning, at Ssn1Epi1: "I Have Called You By Name".

[AnAmericanMother]

Thanks! Appreciate the link!

[InkStone]

Thank you etabeta: my personal all time favorite-

Our Savior isolated, set-upon and alone...