But how often do we consider people in the Bible we're NOT supposed to be like, such as Barabbas? Those chants are not for you. Jesus gives up his life so you can have life.Isaiah 53 has to be the best news for sinners, and that's all of us.The reality of Christ’s vicarious, substitutionary death on our behalf is the heart of the gospel according to God.Meditate on the story and themes of Easter by reading these 10 passages.Crossway is a not-for-profit Christian ministry that exists solely for the purpose of proclaiming the gospel through publishing gospel-centered, Bible-centered content. And so just to clarify, Pilate asked them one last time, “‘Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?’ They all said, ‘Let him be crucified!’ And he said, “Why? It was a brief ordeal because there was no real evidence. Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. 27:21). Surely they won’t let the other guy go free.” But they did. You would think that the image of Jesus carrying Jesus was going to be killed for the kind of crime that the man set free actually committed. Jesus literally took Barabbas’s punishment for him. On Jesus’s final day on this earth he was arrested in a garden and taken for trial. Jesus even marched to his death as Barabbas would have. That’s the gospel.

Matthew 27:15–18 records this moment: Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted. 2 Replies. They chose evil over the one who loves perfectly. Matthew 27:15-16. Everyone is celebrating his new freedom. The crowd chose a murderer over the one who brings the dead back to life. We Are Barabbas . Challenge yourself today by listening to this devotion. Pilate might have said to himself, “Here’s my opportunity to simply let Jesus go free. It was over for him. Jesus became a substitute for us in a colossal way. The situation with Jesus came to a boiling point during the Passover. You and I are sinners. But then an astonishing thing happens. Jesus bounced from Pilate to Herod and then back to Pilate again.It was in the final trial that Jesus was sentenced to death. The Jews were so angry that many rioted. Well, we’ve run across this word before. The Jews chose the wrong man, but the Lord put forward the right one. And Pilate caved in to save his job. Another riot would have been costly. Pilate was so surprised, he asked them again a second time, “‘Which of the two do you want me to release for you?’ And they said, ‘Barabbas’” (Matt. It was not plan B in God’s eternal plan of salvation. How does Pilate’s release of a criminal relate to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus? 5:21). This was not a mistake or an accident. 57-68Van Hooydonck, Peter, "Willy Vandersteen: De Bruegel van het Beeldverhaal", Standaard Uitgeverij, 1995. It’s the very cross you had imagined yourself carrying only moments earlier. that later scribes, when copying the passage, removed the name "Jesus" from "Jesus Barabbas" to avoid dishonor to the name of Jesus the Messiah.Nevertheless, some modern scholars argue that the counter-intuitive similarity of the two men's names is evidence of its historicity. He can hear the shouts ringing throughout the courtyard: “Crucify him, crucify him!” Perhaps he was thinking to himself, “They are coming for me.” The guards open the door to his cell and drag him outside. Jesus became a substitute for us in a colossal way. Barabbas received the release, the freedom, and the life that Jesus deserved. You think to yourself, that’s my death he’s dying. The three mock trials probably lasted a few minutes each. 1 (Mar., 1985), pp. And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. With two strikes against him, a third one might put Pilate out of work and on the streets for good. Let’s take a look at the story of Barabbas as it relates to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. He previously had remedied a budget shortage by pillaging the temple treasury for funds. But the good news is that when you repent of your sin and trust in Jesus to save you, Jesus goes off to the cross in your place.

A few years later I learned a new interpretation of the Barabbas story — we are not only evil enough to want to kill Jesus; on a spiritual level, we actually are Barabbas. For other uses, see Contemporaries combining insurrection and murder in this way were Robert L. Merritt, 'Jesus (the nazarene) Barabbas and the Paschal Pardon', Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. The crucifixion of the innocent Lamb of God was God’s plan from eternity past.

On Jesus’s final day on this earth he was arrested in a garden and taken for trial. SHINE Daily. 27:22–23). So, for Barabbas, his name starts with bar, so his name means “the son of Abba or Abbas,” depending on the Aramaic or Hebrew. Abba means father, so Barabbas’ name actually means “Son of the Father.” Let’s put a plural on this. 104, No. There was no hope. His whole life was moving toward Golgotha, toward that hill where he would die. The murderer is set free. The time has come for someone to be released, will it be the sinless Lamb of God or will it be a convicted murdered and thief named Barabbas? Pilate knew Jesus was innocent, but the crowds roared to free Barabbas and to crucify Jesus. Barabbas is a figure mentioned in the New Testament, in which he is an insurrectionary held by the Roman governor at the same time as Jesus, and whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, while keeping Jesus as a prisoner. He was a murderer who deserved death, and deep down he probably knew it. His chains are released, and he is set free. We’ll put forward the worst prisoner, a murderer, and we’ll put forward Jesus. Jesus bore the guilt and shame and curse and disgrace and death that Barabbas deserved.

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