Jesus Delivered to Pilate
1 1And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests
2held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And
3they bound Jesus and
4led him away and
5delivered him over to
6Pilate.
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7And Pilate asked him,
8“Are you the King of the Jews? ” And he answered him,
9“You have said so. ”
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And the chief priests accused him of many things.
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And Pilate again asked him,
10“Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you. ”
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But Jesus
11made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.
Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified
6 12Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked.
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And among the rebels in prison, who had
13committed murder
14in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas.
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And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them.
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And he answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews? ”
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For he perceived that
15it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.
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But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead.
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And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with
16the man you call the King of the Jews? ”
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And they cried out again, “Crucify him. ”
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And Pilate said to them, “Why,
17what evil has he done? ” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him. ”