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 has he done? I have found no cause of death in him; I will therefore chastise him and let him go.
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And they insisted with loud voices, asking that he be crucified. And the voices of them and of the princes of the priests prevailed.
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And Pilate gave sentence that it should be according to their request.
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And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder had been cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
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And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross {Gr. stauros – stake}, that he might bear it after Jesus.