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Wounded Bear

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20. The sentiment comes from the Bible passage...

Reply to panfluteman (Reply #17)

Fri Jun 19, 2020, 09:50 AM

Jun 2020

where supposedly Pilate offered a pardon for Jesus and to crucify Barrabas the thief instead and the crowd yelled to crucify Jesus.

So the sense is that the Jews had the option to spare Jesus but didn't. It's right there in the text.

Won't argue the rest of your post, that seems to be accurate based on what I've read. I know that much of modern Christianity is based more on the writings of Paul and the Epistles rather than the actual teachings of Jesus.

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The sentiment comes from the Bible passage... Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #20

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