If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. — Jean Cocteau
If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
In the original French
S'il faut choisir un crucifie, la foule sauve toujours Barabbas.
1918
★ 3.5Barabbas was the criminal released by Pontius Pilate , at the crowd's insistence, instead of Jesus.
Provenance
Citation
Cocteau, Jean. Le Coq et l'Arlequin [The Cock and the Harlequin]. Paris: Editions de la Sirene, 1918.