He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities. (Is 53:5)
Intro: The Passion Weeks
Substitutionary atonement
I. How Barabbas Enters the Story
Pilate’s Dilemma
Pilate’s Attempts to Resolve
II. Barabbas, who?
John 18:40
Matthew 27:16
Mark 15:7, Luke 23:19
Application 1: Substitution
Old Testament
Jesus
Paul
Application 2: Barabbas
Liberation
Application 3: The Jews
“No king but Caesar!”
“Look, your house is left to you desolate!”
Application 4: Jesus
“My God, my God…!”