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Why did the multitude want Barabbas released rather than Jesus?
`Salvation at the last minute.` Jesus knew very well it is the right thing to happen to him at the right time did not talk with weakness to defend himself from death against the multitude and Barabas the Thief. Jesus wanted to give Barabas a chance to live by keeping quiet and not saying both of us should die the same death though he knows Barabas is a criminal he wanted him to have time to repent and be saved too. The multitude wanted Barabas released because the elders and the chief priests told them that Jesus blasphemed by calling himself the Christ.



By: Bol Joseph Agau
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Why did the multitude want barabbas released rather than Jesus
The chief priests, elders and the multitude thirst for Jesus`s blood, cause they willy want to kill Jesus, cause they think Jesus had blasphemed the Jew`s teaching, when Jesus said that He is the Son of God. Beside that Barabbas is a leader of rebel for rome government. THe people of Jews only think, the Messiah will coming just like their Father David, when David became a King and ruler all the nations. So cause Jesus didn`t want unite with their movement to rebel against rome government, so they accused HIM to death.



By: Spits Warnars HArco Leslie Hendric
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Why did the multitude want Barabbas released rather than Jesus?
looking at Jesus and Barabbas, making comparisson between the two: Jesus healed, restored life, fed the hungry, taught the multitude did everything righteous to them; and what about Barabbas, he killed their people, raped their daughters, stole their possessions, kidnapped their kids and did all the weakedness to them...so to be honest i really fail to understand why the multitude prefered Barabbas rather than Jesus - this is mistery to me - but i am glad today that He indeed paid the ransom for my sake. thank you!



By: Silas Kaunda Matiku
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Why did the multitude want Barabbas released rather than Jesus?
Honestly I was too wondering why they did it despite Jesus being a rightous man. It was written in the scriptures and will be done. But it gives an idea how evil man is, how jealous man is despite the goodness of a person we tend to pull him down.



By: reybeth
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Why did the multitude want Barabbas released rather than Jesus?
The crowd wanted to see Jesus crucified, because the elders and chief priests had convinced them that Jesus deserved to die. The elders beleived that Jesus was not the son of God, and had committed blasphemy by saying He was. They thought He deserved to die for this.



By: Michael Stipa
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Jesus Before Pilate

Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?"
Jesus said to him, "So you say."
When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many things they testify against you?"
He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly. Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired. They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?" For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.
While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him." Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?"
They said, "Barabbas!"
Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?"
They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"
But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?"
But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"
So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."
All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!"
Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.

Matthew 27:11-26
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