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Barabbas (; Biblical Greek: Bαραββᾶς, romanized: Barabbās) was, according to the New Testament, a prisoner who rebelled against the Roman occupying forces and who was chosen over Jesus by the crowd in Jerusalem to be pardoned and released by Roman governor Pontius Pilate at the Passover feast. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barabbas has received more than 2,643,228 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Barabbas is the 418th most popular religious figure (down from 338th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Israel (down from 48th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Israeli Religious Figure.

Barabbas is most famous for being the prisoner who was released instead of Jesus in the New Testament.

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  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Barabbas ranks 418 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Alexander II, Zaynab bint Ali, Musa al-Kadhim, Thecla, Pope Benedict III, and Pope Simplicius. After him are Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Pope Paul II, Marcion of Sinope, Salome, James the Less, and Pope Honorius I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1, Barabbas ranks 9. Before him are Thomas the Apostle, Simon the Zealot, Barnabas, Pope Linus, Matthias the Apostle, and Pope Anacletus. After him are Thomas Bangalter, Silas, Vologases I of Parthia, Onesimus, Shimon bar Yochai, and Sextus Afranius Burrus. Among people deceased in 100, Barabbas ranks 19. Before him are Herodias, Simon of Cyrene, Zacchaeus, Dionysius the Areopagite, Thecla, and Apollonius of Tyana. After him are Salome, Longinus, Saint Sarah, Anna the Prophetess, Nicodemus, and Herod Agrippa II.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Barabbas ranks 58 out of 466. Before him are Reuven Rivlin (1939), Herodias (-100), James, son of Alphaeus (-10), Abijah of Judah (-1000), Amalric of Jerusalem (1136), and Baldwin V of Jerusalem (1177). After him are Baldwin III of Jerusalem (1130), Mahmoud Darwish (1941), Zedekiah (-617), Nehemiah (-490), Isaac Herzog (1960), and Ada Yonath (1939).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Israel

Among religious figures born in Israel, Barabbas ranks 28. Before him are Matthias the Apostle (1), Eusebius (265), Judas Maccabeus (-200), Joseph of Arimathea (100), Joel (-1), and James, son of Alphaeus (-10). After him are Nehemiah (-490), Micah (-737), Rabbi Akiva (50), Haggai (-550), Simeon (null), and James, brother of Jesus (-20).

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