Yeshua Bar Abba
Barabbas (; ) 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. Biblical account According to all four Gospels#Canonical gospels, canonical gospels there was a prevailing Passover custom in Jerusalem that allowed Pilate, the ' or governor of Judea (Roman province), Judea, to commute (reduce) one prisoner's death sentence by popular acclaim. In one such instance, the "crowd" (''ochlos''), "the Jews" and "the multitude" in some sources, are offered the choice to have either Barabbas or Jesus released from Roman custody. According to the Synoptic Gospels of Gospel of Matthew, Matthew,Gospel of Mark, Mark, and Gospel of Luke, Luke, and the account in Gospel of John, John, the crowd chooses Barabbas to be released and Jesus of Nazareth to be crucified. Pilate reluctantly yields to the insistence of the crowd. One passage, found in the Gospel of Matthew ...
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