Bar Abbas does mean "son of the father." Kind of like John Q. Public.
Frankly the whole story sounds like horseshit. For one thing, there is no indication anywhere...other than in the fucking gospels...of a prisoner release on Passover. Crucifixion was reserved for slaves and rebels. Common criminals were executed in the arena. The notion that a Roman governor would release a dangerous rebel because a mob asked for it is absurd. The notion that anyone would give a shit about a slave one way or the other is even more absurd.
Slaves and rebels did not get "trials"...they were simply nailed up. I always laugh my ass off when someone claims that the Jewish rebels on Masada committed suicide to avoid "slavery." Slavery was the least of their impending problems.
Frankly the whole story sounds like horseshit. For one thing, there is no indication anywhere...other than in the fucking gospels...of a prisoner release on Passover. Crucifixion was reserved for slaves and rebels. Common criminals were executed in the arena. The notion that a Roman governor would release a dangerous rebel because a mob asked for it is absurd. The notion that anyone would give a shit about a slave one way or the other is even more absurd.
Slaves and rebels did not get "trials"...they were simply nailed up. I always laugh my ass off when someone claims that the Jewish rebels on Masada committed suicide to avoid "slavery." Slavery was the least of their impending problems.
