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They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
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Then Pilate said unto them, Take him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death;
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that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying what death he should die.
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Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again and called Jesus and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
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Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it
unto thee of me?
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Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me; what hast thou done?
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Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews; now, therefore, my kingdom is not from here.
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Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I AM king. To this end I was born, and for this cause I came into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth hears my voice.
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Pilate said unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and said unto them, I find no fault
at all in him.
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But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover; will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
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Then they all cried again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.