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And having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter for a burying-ground for strangers.
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Wherefore that field has been called Blood-field unto this day.
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Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremias the prophet, saying, And I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was set a price on, whom [they who were] of the sons of Israel had set a price on,
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and they gave them for the field of the potter, according as [the] Lord commanded me.
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But Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor questioned him, saying, Art *thou* the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, Thou sayest.
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And when he was accused of the chief priests and the elders, he answered nothing.
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Then says Pilate to him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
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And he answered him not so much as one word, so that the governor wondered exceedingly.
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Now at [the] feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whom they would.
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And they had then a notable prisoner, named Barabbas.
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They therefore being gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom will ye that I release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?