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The high priestthenaskedJesusofhisdisciples,andofhisdoctrine.
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Jesusansweredhim,Ispakeopenly to the world;Ievertaughtin the synagogue,andin the temple,whither the Jewsalwaysresort; andinsecret have I saidnothing.
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Why askest thoume?ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them:behold,theyknowwhatIsaid.
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And when hehadthusspoken, one of the officers which stood bystruck*Jesus with the palm of his hand*, saying, Answerest thou the high priestso?
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Jesusansweredhim,If I have spokenevil, bear witnessof the evil:butifwell,whysmitest thou me?
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Now Annas had senthimbounduntoCaiaphas the high priest.
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AndSimonPeterstood*and warmed himself. They saidtherefore unto him,Artnotthoualso one ofhisdisciples?Hedenied it, andsaid, I amnot.
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Oneof the servants of the high priest,being his kinsmanwhoseearPeter cut off, saith, DidnotIseetheein the gardenwithhim?
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Peterthendeniedagain:andimmediately the cockcrew.
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Then led theyJesusfromCaiaphasunto the hall of judgment:and it wasearly;and they themselveswentnotinto the judgment hall,lest they should be defiled; butthat they might eat the passover.
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Pilatethen went outuntothem,andsaid, Whataccusation bring yeagainstthisman?
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They answeredandsaid unto him,Ifhewerenot a malefactor, we wouldnot have deliveredhimup unto thee.
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ThensaidPilate unto them,Takeyehim,andjudgehimaccording to yourlaw. The Jewsthereforesaid unto him, It isnotlawful for us to put any man to death:
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That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifyingwhatdeath he shoulddie.
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ThenPilateenteredinto the judgment hallagain,andcalledJesus,andsaid unto him,Artthou the King of the Jews?
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Jesusansweredhim,Sayestthou this thingofthyself,or did others tell ittheeofme?
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Pilateanswered*, AmI a Jew? Thine ownnationand the chief priests have deliveredthee unto me:what hast thou done?
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Jesusanswered, Mykingdomisnotofthisworld:ifmykingdomwereofthisworld, then wouldmyservantsfight, that I shouldnot be delivered to the Jews:butnowismykingdomnot from hence.
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Pilatethereforesaid unto him,Artthou a kingthen?Jesusanswered, ThousayestthatIam a king.Tothis end wasIborn, andforthis cause came Iinto the world,that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that isof the truthhearethmyvoice.
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Pilatesaith unto him,Whatistruth?And when he had saidthis, he went outagainunto the Jews,andsaith unto them,Ifindinhimnofault at all.
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Butyehave a custom,that I should release unto youoneat the passover: will yetherefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
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Then cried theyallagain,saying, Not this man,butBarabbas.NowBarabbaswas a robber.