Pages 42 through 63 Summary

Barabbas hangs around Jerusalem though he has no business there. The fat woman thinks that he's staying to be with her, but admits that it's not true. She claims to be relieved that he doesn't seem to care for him, but at other times cries for the fact that she knows he doesn't care.

Barabbas continues to bump into followers of Jesus and says that he likes them, though he doesn't really know or understand them. He continues to seek out the Christians and pretends that he wants to understand their doctrine in order to become like them. He says that he expects them to be glad that he's a potential convert, but that they don't appear glad, and that he knows why.

'Barabbas reasons that Jesus can't be the Son of God because he was crucified. If he were the...