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And when HerodsawJesus, he was exceedingglad: for he wasdesirous to seehimof a long season, because he had heard many thingsofhim;and he hoped to have seensomemiracledonebyhim.
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Then he questioned with himinmanywords;butheansweredhimnothing.
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And the chief priestsandscribesstood and vehementlyaccusedhim.
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AndHerodwithhis men of warsethim at nought, andmocked him, and arrayedhim in a gorgeousrobe, and senthimagain to Pilate.
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Andthesame*dayPilateandHerod were madefriendstogether**: forbefore they wereatenmitybetweenthemselves.
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AndPilate, when he had called together the chief priestsand the rulersand the people,
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Saiduntothem, Ye have broughtthisman unto me,as one that perverteth the people:and,behold, I, having examined him beforeyou, have foundnofaultinthisman touching those thingswhereof ye accusehim:
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No, nor yetHerod:for I sentyoutohim;and,lo, nothingworthy of deathisdone unto him.
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(For of necessity he mustreleaseone unto themat the feast.)
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And they cried out all at once,saying, Away withthis man, andrelease unto usBarabbas:
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(Who for* a certainseditionmadein the city,and for murder, was castinto prison.)
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Pilatetherefore,willing to releaseJesus,spakeagain to them.
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But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucifyhim.
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And he saiduntothem the third time,Why,whatevilhathhedone? I have foundnocause of deathinhim: I willthereforechastisehim, and let him go.
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And they were instant with loudvoices,requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of themand of the chief priestsprevailed.
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AndPilate gave sentence that it should be astheyrequired.
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And he released unto them him that forseditionandmurder was castintoprison,whom they had desired; but he deliveredJesus to theirwill.
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Andas they ledhimaway, they laid hold upononeSimon, a Cyrenian,coming out of the country, and onhim they laid the cross, that he might bear it afterJesus.
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And there followedhim a greatcompany of people,and of women,whichalsobewailedandlamentedhim.
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ButJesusturninguntothemsaid, Daughters of Jerusalem,weepnotforme,butweepforyourselves,andforyourchildren.
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For,behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren,and the wombsthatneverbare, and the papswhichnever gave suck.
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Then shall they begin to say to the mountains,Fallonus;and to the hills,Coverus.