Barabbas story of this successful resistance is told by Josephus—who does not say who the leader was, but does tell of Pilate's crucifixion of Jesus just two paragraphs later in a passage whose authenticity is disputed. Notes Bibliography Barabbas Barabbas (; "Bar ʾAbbaʾ", literally "son of the father") is a figure mentioned in the New Testament of the Bible, in which he is an insurrectionary held by the Roman governor at the same time as Jesus, and whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, while keeping Jesus as a prisoner. According to all four canonical gospels there was
Matthew 27:1 Mark. Matthew 27:1 Matthew 27:1 is the first verse of the twenty-seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. This verse begins the chapter on the trial and crucifixion of Jesus. The original Koine Greek, according to Westcott and Hort, reads: In the King James Version of the Bible it is translated as: The modern World English Bible translates the passage as: This verse describes a capital trial in the Sanhedrin. The council of Jewish leaders has already been mentioned as meeting in Chapter 26. The verse could be interpreted as meaning that a second session of