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Pilate called together the chief Kohanim and the rulers and the people,
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and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him
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Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.
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I will therefore chastise him and release him."
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Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.
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But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us Bar-Abba!" --
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one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder
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Then Pilate spoke to them again, desiring to release Yeshua,
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but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!
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He said to them the third time, "Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him."
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But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief Kohanim prevailed.
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Pilate adjudged that what they asked for should be done.
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He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Yeshua up to their will.