Original sentence: " This was, the theory goes, part of the tendency to shift the blame for the Crucifixion towards the Jews and away from the Romans.Anti-Semitic elements in the Christian church, the argument goes, altered the narrative to make it appear that the demand was for the freedom of somebody else (a brigand or insurrectionist) named "Barabbas.Bar abbaBar abba is aramaic for "Son of the Father.It follows that when the Jewish crowd clamored before Pontius Pilate to "free Bar Abba" it was Jesus that they meant
Edited sentence: " This was part of the tendency to shift the blame for the Crucifixion towards the Jews and away from the Romans.Anti-Semitic elements in the Christian church altered the narrative to make it appear that the demand was for the freedom of somebody else (a brigand or insurrectionist) named "Barabbas.Aramaic for "Son of the Father.BAR ABBA.It follows that when the Jewish crowd clamored before Pilate to "free Bar Abba" it was Jesus that they meant