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And that's about it for the biblical reference. There was a [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055774/ Barabbas movie] starring Anthony Quinn. | And that's about it for the biblical reference. There was a [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055774/ Barabbas movie] starring Anthony Quinn. | ||
End of story?... that's what I thought, too. That last quote from ''Acts'' is richer than it may seem. According to e.g. [ | End of story?... that's what I thought, too. That last quote from ''Acts'' is richer than it may seem. According to e.g. [[wikipedia:Barabbas|Wikipedia]] the guy was really called Jesus bar-Abbas (Aramaic Bar-abbâ, "son of the father"). | ||
Jesus Christ was referring to God as "Abba" when preaching (in Aramaic). So basically the Jewish crowd had to choose between two guys who bore exactly the same name "Jesus, son of the Father"... however, one of them was a preacher and was called Christ, and the other one was possibly an insurrectionist (i.e. someone who physically opposed the Roman Empire) and was not called Christ. Jesus the rioter was released, and Jesus the preacher was crucified, by public request. | Jesus Christ was referring to God as "Abba" when preaching (in Aramaic). So basically the Jewish crowd had to choose between two guys who bore exactly the same name "Jesus, son of the Father"... however, one of them was a preacher and was called Christ, and the other one was possibly an insurrectionist (i.e. someone who physically opposed the Roman Empire) and was not called Christ. Jesus the rioter was released, and Jesus the preacher was crucified, by public request. | ||