- Βαραββᾶς
- Βαραββᾶς, ᾶ, ὁ (בַּר אַבָּא) a common (e.g. SEG VII, 489, 1) name, Barabbas = ‘son of Abba’ (Billerb, I 1031).① the prisoner released by Pilate Mt 27:16f, 20f, 26; Mk 15:7, 11, 15; Lk 23:18; J 18:40. In GHb (339, 50f), acc. to Jerome, the name was rendered in Lat. filius magistri eorum (=בַר רַבָּן). Origen, In Mt Comm. Ser. 121 (ed. EKlosterenann ’33, 255–57) found the name written in full in old mss. as Ἰησοῦς ὁ Β., and this v.l. occurs Mt 27:16f.—WBrandt, Ev. Geschichte 1893, 94ff; JMerkel, ZNW 6, 1905, 293ff; LCouchoud and RStahl, Jesus B.: Hibbert Journ. 25, 1927, 26–42; ADeissmann, Mysterium Christi ’31, 32–36; HRigg, Jr., Barabbas: JBL 64, ’45, 417–56 (many reff.; against him MHengel, D. Zeloten ’61, 348); JBlinzler, D. Prozess Jesu3 ’60, 220–35; MMarco, EstBîbl 30, ’71, 137–60; Schürer I 385; 439.② associate of Paul and Barnabas Ac 15:22 D (Β. for Βαρσαββᾶς, q.v. 2).—TW.
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