Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them. And he answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?” For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up. But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead. (Mark 15:6-11 ESV)
The Jewish leaders were bent of finding a crime worthy of death, so they twisted the facts to make Jesus look like a rebel against Rome. They now use Pilate's loophole against him and chose a true rebel as a substitute to be released instead of Jesus. What poor substitutes do we make in our lives for Him?
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