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Strong's #912 - Βαραββᾶς
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Barabbas = "son of a father or master"
- the captive robber whom the Jews begged Pilate to release instead of Christ
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Βαραββᾶς, Βαραββα, ὁ (from בַּר son, and אַבָּא father, hence, son of a father i. e. of a master (cf. Matthew 23:9)), a captive robber whom the Jews begged Pilate to release instead of Christ: Matthew 27:16f (where manuscripts mentioned by Origen, and some other authorities, place Ἰησοῦν before Βαραββᾶν, approved by Fritzsche, DeWette, Meyer, Bleek, others; (cf. WH Appendix and Tdf.s note at the passage; also Treg. Printed Text, etc., p. 194f)), Matthew 27:20f, 26; Mark 15:7, 11, 15; Luke 23:18; John 18:40.
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Βαραββᾶς , -ᾶ , ὁ
(Aram. בַּר־אַבָּא , lit., son of a father, i.e. acc to Jerome, filius magistri),
Barabbas: Matthew 27:16-17; Matthew 27:20-21; Matthew 27:26 Mark 15:7; Mark 15:11; Mark 15:15, Luke 23:18, John 18:40. (In Matthew 27:16, some MSS. read Ἰησοῦν B.; v. WH, app., 19 f.)†
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For the contrast with Ἕλλην see OGIS 765.16 (iii/B.C.) αὐτὸς δὲ ἀντετά [ξ ]ατο πρὸς τοὺς βαρβάρους ἀ [τ ]ιμ [άζοντάς τε ἡμᾶς ] . . . καὶ εἰς τοὺς Ἕλληνας [παρανομοῦντας ], cf. 15, 19, 21, 32; ib. 763.10 (letter of Eumenes II., ii/B.C.) ἀναδείξας ἐμαυτὸν εὐεργέτην τῶν Ἑλλήνων πολλοὺς μὲν καὶ μεγάλους ἀγῶνας ὑπέστην πρὸς τοὺ [ς ] βαρβάρους —apparently the Galatae, see Dittenberger’s note, and for a similar reference Magn 46.10. Berber is used in the same way by Egyptians to denote non-Egyptian peoples. In P Lond 410.6 (c. A.D. 346) (= II. p. 298) a mother beseeches Abinnaeus to release from service her son—ἀπῆλθεν οὖν μετὰ τὸν βάρβαρον . P Par 10.9 (B.C. 145) tells of a Syrian slave ἐστιγμένος τὸν δεξιὸν καρπὸν γράμμασι βαρβαρικοῖς , presumably Syrian. The more ethical sense of the word (as Ezra 21.31 (36)) may be illustrated from Aristeas 122 τὸ τραχὺ καὶ βάρβαρον τῆς διανοίας .
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