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But Jesus still did not reply. Pilate was amazed.
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It was the usual practice at the Passover Feast to let one prisoner go free. The people could choose the one they wanted.
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A man named Barabbas was in prison. He was there with some other people who had fought against the country's rulers. They had committed murder while they were fighting against the rulers.
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The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did.
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"Do you want me to let the king of the Jews go free?" asked Pilate.
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He knew that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous.
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But the chief priests stirred up the crowd. So the crowd asked Pilate to let Barabbas go free instead.
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"Then what should I do with the one you call the king of the Jews?" Pilate asked them.