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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69706" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69706" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Barabbas]] (''bär-ăb'bas'' ), ''son of Abba.'' [[A]] noted criminal at Jerusalem who was in prison for sedition and murder when Christ was condemned. Matthew 27:16. It was a custom of the Romans to release one prisoner at the time of the Jewish Passover. The [[Jews]] were permitted to name any prisoner whose release they desired; and when the choice lay between Barabbas and Christ, they chose the robber. Matthew 27:21; Mark 15:6-11; Luke 23:18; John 18:40; Acts 3:14. Pilate was anxious to save Christ, but at last released Barabbas. </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34783" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34783" /> == | ||
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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71808" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71808" /> == | ||
<p> '''Barab'bas.''' ''(son of Abba).'' [[A]] robber, John 18:40, who had committed murder in an insurrection, Mark 15:7; Luke 28:18, in Jerusalem and was lying in prison, at the time of the trial of | <p> '''Barab'bas.''' ''(son of Abba).'' [[A]] robber, John 18:40, who had committed murder in an insurrection, Mark 15:7; Luke 28:18, in Jerusalem and was lying in prison, at the time of the trial of [[Jesus]] , before Pilate. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15603" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15603" /> == | ||
