[Jesus] Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?

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I really hope you were NOT assuming Barabbas was also called "Christ", were you winnertakeall1?
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No, he does not think that, nor does he want the answer to his question--he just wants to keep asking it---to divert attention away from the fact that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Messiah, died and was crucified--a direct refutation of the Quranic lie that Islam is based on:

And [for] their saying, "Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah ." And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him Surah 4:157

Muslims have no answer when confronted with this fact.

What a shame--a mind is a terrible thing to waste--and Winnert is wasting his trying to defend the Pile of Dung that is Islam.

A pity, because it really is an interesting point. If Barabbas' name really was Jesus as the NIV variant assserts then it sets up an interesting dichotomy:

So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you? [Jesus] Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?"

Of course these are clearly two seperate people. One who may have been named Ἰησοῦς (Jesus--and this is certainly a minority reading) but was known as Βαραββᾶς (Barabbas) meaning in the Aramaic "A Son of A Father" and the other who was definitely named Ἰησοῦς (Jesus) "who is called Christ or Messiah" THE son of THE Father.

The crowd tragically chose the wrong Jesus, Barabbas--a cheap substitute Jesus. Jesus being the hellenized version of the Hebrew יְהוֹשׁוּעַ (Joshua) meaning "Jehovah is Salvation." Barabbas was a murderer and an insurrectionist, i.e., he was trying to bring about a cheap temporary salvation--from the Romans.

Christ is the true "Jehovah is Salvation" who brought about eternal salvation by dying on the cross as our substitute.

But the people chose the cheap substitute Jesus Barabbas--and as a result, their temple and their city were destoyed 40 years later (the Biblical number of Judgement) by the Roman legions of Titus.

The Muslims are doing the same thing today--choosing the cheap effete substitute Jesus of the Quran--just another non-descript prophet--one of many and rejecting the true Jesus Christ of the Bible--the Lord God and Savior of the World.

My prayer is that Winnert will finally stop asking the question, and ruminate on the answer, and receive Jesus Christ, the true "Jehovah is Salavation" as his Savior:

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, John 1:12