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Marlowe calls the word "Barrabas" in his _Jew of Malta_, and
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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At Dinocitta, De Laurentiis married Hollywood stars with spectacle: "Barrabas" (Quinn); "The Bible" (George C. Scott, Ava Gardner); "Anzio" (Robert Mitchum); "Waterloo" (Rod Steiger).
Dino De Laurentiis Dies AP 2010
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Traudl played the zither, Stefan the accordion, and their son who was killed in action proudly took on the role of Barrabas in the annual passion play.
George Heymont: The Fabulous Invalid Clings to Life George Heymont 2011
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Traudl played the zither, Stefan the accordion, and their son who was killed in action proudly took on the role of Barrabas in the annual passion play.
George Heymont: The Fabulous Invalid Clings to Life George Heymont 2011
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He made a mental note to track down the released murderer Barrabas.
Seek 2010
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It wasn't just the Pharisees asking to have Barrabas released.
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Believers reenact the trial with Pontius Pilate condemning Jesus, and the crowd chooses Barrabas to be freed rather than Jesus.
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Vpon good Friday they continue all the day in contemplation and prayers, and they vse euery yere on good Friday to let loose a prisoner in the stead of Barrabas.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Byron is supposed to have said that Barrabas was a publisher.
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Perhaps not willingly in the first place would he have taken upon himself the brand of Barrabas, but out of good motive he had incurred it.
Thoroughbreds William Alexander Fraser 1896
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