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barabbas

/bəˈɹæbəs/

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What does barabbas mean?

proper noun

  1. In the accounts of the Passion of Christ, an insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of Jesus.

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IPA pronunciation

/bəˈɹæbəs/

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I have a daughter— Would any of the stock of Barabbas Had been her husband, rather than a Christian!
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100