Jesus Brought Before Herod
6 Now [when] Pilate heard [this], he asked if the man was a Galilean.
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And [when he] found out that he was from the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him over to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem in those days.
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And [when] Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see some miracle performed by him.
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So he questioned him {at considerable length}, but he answered nothing to him.
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And the chief priests and the scribes were standing there vehemently accusing him.
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And Herod with his soldiers also treated him with contempt, and [after] mocking [him] [and] dressing [him] [in] glistening clothing, he sent him back to Pilate.
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And both Herod and Pilate became friends with one another on [that] same day, {for they had previously been enemies of one another}.
Pilate Releases Barabbas
13 So Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people
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[and] said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people, and behold, [when I] examined [him] before you, I found nothing in this man as basis for the accusation which {you are making} against him
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But neither [did] Herod, because he sent him back to us. And behold, nothing deserving death {has been done} by him.
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Therefore I will punish him [and] release [him]."