William de Berg, Give Us Barabbas!

William de Berg “What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against Him. But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” “Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (John 18:38-40) In the accepted Christian narrative, Jesus is brought before the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who finds nothing to charge Jesus…