Barabbas
Taken from Mark The People's bible commentary
author: Dick France
contributor: BRF - Dick France
Description
BARABBAS
The insurrection
Barabbas was not just a common criminal. He was a ‘rebel’, who had been involved in an ‘insurrection’. We have no other record of this particular uprising against the Roman occupation, but it need not surprise us: several such incidents are recorded in the turbulent years between the imposition of Roman rule and the final and catastrophic revolt in AD66 which led to the destruction of the temple…
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