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Point of Divergence ... When Jesus was captured by Roman soldiers and brought before Pontius Pilate, Pilate did not want to have Jesus charged as a criminal. His spouse Claudia, according to the Gospel of Matthew, had told Pilate she had a dream and that she believed Jesus to be innocent. In order to spare him, Pilate had put him up against a man named Barabbas, who it was said was a notorious murderer and criminal. Surely the crowd would pick Jesus to be saved over him. But to Pilate's surprise and horror, they chose Barabbas to be saved over Jesus. Pilate had no choice but to hand over Jesus to the crowd and free Barabbas.

Now lets say Pilate went against the grain and decided to release Jesus instead of Barabbas, despite what the crowds were demanding. How would this have impacted the role of Jesus, would it have negated his position as Messiah, and would Christianity have still developed as it has today?
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