Doubt and faith in the heart of one man, Barabbas, who witnessed the last moments of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel story. He was the chosen one who was spared from crucifixion and took the place of Jesus. The story revolves around the questions of this man who had been in trouble since his birth, was released from prison after being arrested, faced death and survived only to fall into servitude again. He witnessed the believers and lived among them, but he remained in doubt. Even though he wanted to understand and believe, the story embodies the state of uncertainty that a man experiences between the states of certainty and its absence. The miracles and all that he saw and heard did not lead him to surrender and believe. He remained confused until the moment when he surrendered his spirit to the Lord in the last moment. It is an excellent and wonderful story.

This story of Barabbas is a profound exploration of the human condition. It shows how a person can be surrounded by faith and yet still struggle with doubt. The events in Barabbas' life, from his troubled past to his encounter with Jesus, all contribute to his inner turmoil.

Despite witnessing the miracles and living among the believers, Barabbas is unable to fully embrace faith. This may be due to his own personal experiences and the scars they have left on him. However, in the end, he finds peace and surrenders to the Lord. This moment of surrender is a powerful reminder that even in the midst of doubt, there is always the possibility of finding faith.

The best story that you can read embodies the internal conflict between disbelief and faith.

The state of doubt and what lies between faith and its opposite, the story of Barabbas, the man who was released instead of Christ... It's wonderful.

Barabbas' story is a powerful exploration of the human struggle with belief. He was a criminal, a thief and a murderer, and yet he was given a second chance at life when he was released instead of Jesus. This moment must have been a profound one for Barabbas, as he was forced to confront his own sins and the possibility of redemption.

The story of Barabbas can also be seen as a metaphor for our own lives. We all face moments of doubt and uncertainty, and we all have to make choices about what we believe in. Do we choose to follow the path of faith, or do we give in to our fears and doubts? The story of Barabbas challenges us to think about these questions and to make our own decisions about what we believe.

Dramma a stazioni is truly an excellently constructed work that retraces the life of Barabba, the first man saved by Jesus after His death.

The Gospels tell us very little and nothing about Barabba, and Lagerkvist has the opportunity to reinvent the character and, above all, to address the themes that are closest to his heart. What I most appreciated about this work is its "human" character. There are no miracles to believe blindly or absolute truths. Everything is put into question, everything is a search. Although Barabba continuously and violently encounters the proofs of the divinity of Christ or the faith of His followers, although he himself desires to believe, he is unable to do so because all of this goes against reason, and even against the very instinct of survival. Barabba grows during the various scenes of the tragedy, and when he finally thinks he has understood the deepest meaning of Christian faith, he actually makes the greatest mistake, misinterprets once again the teaching of Jesus, fails to conceive His message of love, and this will lead to the culmination of his story, which, however, is not represented but only implied.

The entire work is full of symbolic and metaphorical references and treats the religious matter in a wise, respectful, and yet critical way. I really liked it very much, and I hope to be able to recover the novel from which this drama is taken, as well as other works of Lagerkvist, whose style and reflections I have greatly appreciated.