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But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds that they should beg for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
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And the governor answering said to them, Which of the two will ye that I release unto you? And they said, Barabbas.
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Pilate says to them, What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all say, Let him be crucified.
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And the governor said, What evil then has he done? But they cried more than ever, saying, Let him be crucified.
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And Pilate, seeing that it availed nothing, but that rather a tumult was arising, having taken water, washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this righteous one: see *ye* [to it].
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And all the people answering said, His blood [be] on us and on our children.
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Then he released to them Barabbas; but Jesus, having scourged [him], he delivered up that he might be crucified.
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Then the soldiers of the governor, having taken Jesus with [them] to the praetorium, gathered against him the whole band,
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and having taken off his garment, put on him a scarlet cloak;
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and having woven a crown out of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and, bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
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And having spit upon him, they took the reed and beat [him] on his head.