And Pilate gave sentence Resolved, determined, and gave out:
that it should be as they required; that they should have their request, what they asked for; namely, that Jesus should be crucified, and Barabbas released.
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And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath this man done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him and release him.
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But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed.
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And Pilate gave sentence that what they asked for should be done.
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And he released him that for insurrection and murder had been cast into prison, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.
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And when they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to bear it after Jesus.
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