(July 28, 2014 at 1:59 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Your gospel bullshit begins with mark inventing the Barabbas bullshit story making it clear that Pilate didn't think he was guilty but willing to placate the crowd of "jews" demanding crucifixion to Matty with his absurd "25 All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!”" line of crap.
I wonder if that was also born out of the tradition of the scapegoat, in Jewish sacrifices.
The idea is you had two goats and the priest would make one the scapegoat and the other the sacrifice. The sacrificed goat would bleed upon the altar while the other would be released to carry the sins of the people away with it. The fact that both persons were named "Jesus", one named "Barabbas" or "Son of the Father" and the other considered "Son of God" makes me wonder if the whole scene wasn't born of that custom where Pilate played the role of priest, letting one go and sacrificing the other.
What is certain is there was no such Roman tradition of releasing any prisoner the crowd called for and "Jesus Barabbas" seems an unlikely name.
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