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Now the chief Kohanim and the Zakenim persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Bar-Abba, and destroy Yeshua.
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But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" They said, "Bar-Abba!"
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Pilate said to them, "What then will I do to Yeshua, who is called Messiah?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"
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But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"
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So when Pilate saw that nothing was gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."
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All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!"
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Then he released to them Bar-Abba, but Yeshua he flogged and delivered to be crucified.
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Then the governor's soldiers took Yeshua into the Praetorium, and gathered to him the whole cohort.
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They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.
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They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Yehudim!"
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They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.