Joshua 8, Joshua 9: 1-15, Luke 22: 63-71, Luke 23: 1-25, Psalm 69: 29-36
Luke 23: 24-25 (ESV)
“So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted. He
released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder,
for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus over to their will.”
In verses 24 and 25 from Luke 23, we read that Pilate
decided not to go against the will of the crowd and the Sanhedrin and released
Barabbas who was a true criminal, and instead crucified Jesus. In one of the
Bible studies I read, the author wrote that Barabbas is the only person in the
world who can truly say Jesus died for me. Barabbas was a zealot who had incited
a rebellion and was also a murderer. Jesus, who was an innocent man, died for
the sins and life of Barabbas. The crucifixion of Christ gave us a first example
of God’s plan to have Jesus come to earth and live among us and then die for
our sins. And Barabbas is the living example of the sacrifice of Christ. I had
never thought of Barabbas in this way before; that he was the living example of why Christ had to die for our sins.
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