Barabbas
Search results
2 days ago · It is all around us. The spirit of Jerusalem runs by the ethos of optics, the thin facade of religious holiness masking the underlying ethics of power and control driven by the economy of honor and shame. Then and now, Jerusalem is the place where small-stakes power players stealthily strategize to kill big-time prophets and apostles.
3 days ago · The confrontation with any new Jesus Barabbas would therefore necessarily remain in the indeterminacy of the fascinating inseparability marked by Jesus Barabbas, of this threatening, culpable, and ultimately murderous misunderstanding. “Messianism is the great temptation of Western politics” (Walzer 135).
4 days ago · Barabbas The Gospel of John, says Dr. Boice, is "a powerful source of instruction and comfort to many millions of God's people down through the ages of church history." This message on the Gospel of John is an insightful study and devotional guide.
4 days ago · The Passion of the Christ is already a classic movie and well-known to all Catholics. But did you know the impressive conversion testimony of Barabbas actor Pedro Sarubbi? That’s right, he experienced something amazing during the film’s production, which led him closer to Christ and the Church.
22 hours ago · He endures a rigged trial before the Jewish religious leaders, then meets the Roman leader, Pilate, and stoically accepts an unjust legal process. In the end, his life is traded for a criminal, Barabbas, who is freed in exchange for Jesus, an innocent man. Matthew 26 and 27 Conviction:
3 days ago · The Gospel reading on Good Friday translates λῃστής as a “revolutionary.” That is misleading. Barabbas was no first-century Thomas Jefferson. Λῃστής means “insurrectionist,” a term also rendered banal in our political discourse: Barabbas did not dress up like a shaman or Viking.
People also ask
Was Barabbas a'revolutionary'?
Is Barabbas a puppy?
How did Mel Gibson explain Barabbas?
Why did Sarubbi think Barabbas was a wordless Beast?
4 days ago · Barabbas was not simply a bandit who belonged to the group of Zealots, who was imprisoned for years, was tortured and pushed to the limit. Gibson pointed out a detail that struck Sarubbi deeply: Barabbas began to become a wordless beast, which he expressed with his eyes.
