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And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been at enmity with each other.
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Pilate then 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 perverting the people; and after examining him before you, behold, I did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him
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neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Behold, nothing deserving death has been done by him;
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I will therefore chastise him and release him."
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But they all cried out together, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas"--
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a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder
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Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus;
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but they shouted out, "Crucify, crucify him!
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A third time he said to them, "Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no crime deserving death; I will therefore chastise him and release him."