Who was the criminal released by Pilate in preference to Jesus on the demand of the Jerusalem mob?
The Day Christ Died March 26, 1980. Plot Around the same same time that a popular mob hero named Barabbas is arrested and convicted by Pontius Pilate and his lieutenant governor/aide Tullius, Jesus of Nazareth arrives in Jerusalem in time for the celebration of the Passover/Seder. The High Priest Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin , who oppose and find Jesus to be a menace and danger to their traditions , scarcely bargain with Pilate on how to detain Jesus. This ideas initially goes well with Pilate since he fears a riot from a mob clamoring for Barabbas' release. When Jesus is finally condemned by the
Jesus Christ Superstar and in a final attempt to detach himself from his destiny, he commits suicide by hanging himself from a tree ("Judas's Death"). At Jesus's trial, Pilate interrogates Jesus into revealing the whereabouts of his kingdom, but was cut off by a bloodthirsty mob who demands that Jesus should be sentenced to death by crucifixion. In spite of the mob’s behavior, Pilate remembers the dream he had about the mob and the unjust execution of Jesus. Pilate tells the mob that, while Jesus should be imprisoned, he does not deserve to die. Pilate demands that the crowd give him a reason