Barabbas
Freed instead of
Barabbas is a figure from the New Testament, the prisoner whom Pontius Pilate released instead of Jesus when given the choice by the crowd.
The name has become shorthand for someone chosen over a worthier person, or for the guilty party who goes free while the innocent suffers: They picked him over me—I felt like Jesus watching Barabbas walk.
- crucifixionExecution by cross
- Jesus ChristChristianity's central deity
- PassoverFestival of liberation
- GolgothaBiblical execution hilltop
Sanhedrin · Caiaphas · crowd · trial · Jerusalem · Judea · Pharisees · Sadducees
To let go
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- reprievePostponement of punishment
acquittal · exoneration · prisoner exchange · absolution · commutation · grace · deliverance · liberation
Forced choice between undesirables
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
- selectionChosen item or items
- alternativeAnother available choice
crossroads · deliberation · verdict · consequence · fateful decision · accusation · condemnation · popular will
Pontius Pilate
- crucifixionExecution by cross
- Jesus ChristChristianity's central deity
- PassoverFestival of liberation
Golgotha · Sanhedrin · Caiaphas · crowd · trial · Jerusalem · Judea · Pharisees · Sadducees · Gethsemane
release
To let go
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
reprieve · acquittal · exoneration · prisoner exchange · absolution · commutation · grace · deliverance · liberation · remission
dilemma
Forced choice between undesirables
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
- selectionChosen item or items
alternative · crossroads · deliberation · verdict · consequence · fateful decision · accusation · condemnation · popular will · exchange
insurrectionist
One who rebels violently
detainee · convict · chains · custody · cell · condemned · zealot · revolutionary · seditious · brigand
- Biblical FiguresJesus, Adam, Eve, Moses, Noah
- Biblical VillainsSatan, Judas Iscariot, Cain, Herod, Goliath
- Good Fridaycrucifixion, Calvary, Golgotha, Jesus, Christ
- Passion narrativeJesus, Jesus Christ, Pilate, Pontius Pilate, Caiaphas
- Passion playspassion plays, crucifixion, crucifixion scene, Stations of the Cross, crown of thorns
- Religious FilmsBen-Hur, The Ten Commandments, Jesus of Nazareth, The Chosen, Risen