In His Shoes.

I often wonder what it would be like to be in various biblical character's shoes... a historically possible, but fictional account of their lives. Khalil Gibran does this for Simon of Cyrene in a short vignette, and W.G. Griffiths does the same for Malchus the servant of Caiaphus the High Priest of Israel in Jesus' day in novel form. Today, I wonder about Barabbas... Who was Barabbas and what did he do with the new chance he was given? Did he turn to the one who saved him from crucifixion again for eternal salvation, or did he rebel even in his second chance? Did he learn anything, or did he die still trying to fight old fights?