Usually means: Criminal released instead of Jesus.
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  1. Barabbas: Merriam-Webster
  2. Barabbas: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Barabbas: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Barabbas: Wordnik
  5. Barabbas: Wiktionary
  6. Barabbas: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. Barabbas: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Barabbas: Dictionary.com
  9. Barabbas: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. Barabbas (disambiguation), Barabbas (novel), Barabbas: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Barabbas: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. Barabbas: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Barabbas: Encyclopedia

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  1. Barabbas: Easton Bible
  2. Barabbas: Smith's Bible Dictionary

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  1. barabbas: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Barabbas)

noun:  (Christianity) In the accounts of the Passion of Christ, an insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of Jesus.

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