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Barabbas / Directed by Richard Fleischer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Columbia Pictures, 1989.Description: 2 vcdLOC classification:
  • VCD 03 F628
Summary: This is the fictional story of Barabbas based on a fascinating passage in the New Testament, when Pontius Pilate asks the people of Jerusalem whom they want freed- Jesus of Nazareth or Barabbas, a thief and a murderer-the people cry out for Barabbas. And though he is set free. the event is one that haunts Barabbas for the rest of his life. After watching his former lover, Rachel, being stoned to death for her belief in Jesus, Barabbas returns to his life of thievery. Arrested again, he is sent to the sulfur mines and then to a gladiator school where he witnesses yet another friend giving his life in the name of the Nazarene. It is only at the end, when Barabbas himself faces crucifixion, that he discovers his faith.
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This is the fictional story of Barabbas based on a fascinating passage in the New Testament, when Pontius Pilate asks the people of Jerusalem whom they want freed- Jesus of Nazareth or Barabbas, a thief and a murderer-the people cry out for Barabbas. And though he is set free. the event is one that haunts Barabbas for the rest of his life. After watching his former lover, Rachel, being stoned to death for her belief in Jesus, Barabbas returns to his life of thievery. Arrested again, he is sent to the sulfur mines and then to a gladiator school where he witnesses yet another friend giving his life in the name of the Nazarene. It is only at the end, when Barabbas himself faces crucifixion, that he discovers his faith.

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