BarabbasBarabbas is the acquitted; the man whose life was exchanged for that of Jesus of Nazareth, crucified upon the hill of Golgotha. Barabbas is a man condemned to have no god. "Christos Iesus" is carved on the disk suspended from his neck, but he cannot affirm his faith. He cannot pray. He can only say, "I want to believe." Translated from the Swedish by Alan Blair |
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... equipment of any man calling himself well-educated. We need to be in the position to appreciate the important part likely to be played by Sweden in the Concert of Europe. ANDRÉ GIDE Everyone knows how they hung there on the crosses, and.
... equipment of any man calling himself well-educated. We need to be in the position to appreciate the important part likely to be played by Sweden in the Concert of Europe. ANDRÉ GIDE Everyone knows how they hung there on the crosses, and.
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... cross, he had stopped and stood still for a while to avoid catching up with the cross, and then they had got hold of that man Simon and forced him to carry it instead. There were not many men in the crowd, except the Roman soldiers, of ...
... cross, he had stopped and stood still for a while to avoid catching up with the cross, and then they had got hold of that man Simon and forced him to carry it instead. There were not many men in the crowd, except the Roman soldiers, of ...
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... cross, unable to tear his eyes away. Actually he had not wanted to come up here at all, for everything was unclean ... crosses, no longer of any use but left to lie there all the same, because no one would touch anything. Why was he ...
... cross, unable to tear his eyes away. Actually he had not wanted to come up here at all, for everything was unclean ... crosses, no longer of any use but left to lie there all the same, because no one would touch anything. Why was he ...
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... cross already on his back. He had remained standing, looking out through the empty arch. Then the guard had given him a push and bellowed at him:—What are you standing there gaping for, get out of here, you're free! And he had awakened ...
... cross already on his back. He had remained standing, looking out through the empty arch. Then the guard had given him a push and bellowed at him:—What are you standing there gaping for, get out of here, you're free! And he had awakened ...
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... cross quite well. If by any chance the fellow saw him standing down here, he probably thought it was because of him, in order to see him suffer well and truly. He wasn't, he was not here because of that at all. But he had nothing ...
... cross quite well. If by any chance the fellow saw him standing down here, he probably thought it was because of him, in order to see him suffer well and truly. He wasn't, he was not here because of that at all. But he had nothing ...
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answered anyway asked Barabbas the acquitted Barabbas’s beard believe belonged body bread and salt chained chest Christians Christos Iesus couldn’t course cross crucified darkness dead death Dung Gate earth everything eyes face fact fat woman felt fire gave gazing Ge-Hinnom Gilgal glance God’s Golgotha hand happened hare-lip head hear heard heaven hell imagined inscription inside Jerusalem kneeling knew light listened longer look at Barabbas Lord Lord’s love feasts man’s Master merely Messiah miracle Moabite mother Mount of Olives mouth never night noticed once one-eyed overseer Pär Lagerkvist Perhaps praying prison queer rabbi realm Roman Sahak and Barabbas Saviour scar seemed seen slave-driver slave’s disk slaves smelting-furnace someone son of God spoke standing stone strange street suffer sure talking temple temple square thing thought told turned voice walked wanted wasn’t whispered whole witness wonder