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Jesus was crucified on the holy Jewish day | Jesus was crucified on the holy Jewish day of Passover. Traditionally, one of the prisoners about to be executed on that day was released by the Roman authorities, and it was up to the crowd to decide who should be released. | ||
Pontius Pilate let the crowd choose between Jesus (not guilty of anything in particular) and Barabbas (a rioter and a murderer). The high priests who "framed" Jesus manipulated the crowd, which then unanimously demanded Barabas's release and Jesus's crucifixion. | Pontius Pilate let the crowd choose between Jesus (not guilty of anything in particular) and Barabbas (a rioter and a murderer). The high priests who "framed" Jesus manipulated the crowd, which then unanimously demanded Barabas's release and Jesus's crucifixion. | ||
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End of story?... that's what I thought, too. | End of story?... that's what I thought, too. | ||
====Jesus Barabbas==== | ====Jesus Barabbas==== | ||
According to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barabbas Wikipedia] the guy was really called Jesus bar-Abbas (Aramaic Bar-abbâ, "son of the father"). | According to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barabbas Wikipedia] the guy was really called Jesus bar-Abbas (Aramaic Bar-abbâ, "son of the father"). | ||