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So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?”
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For he knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him.
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While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him this message: “Don’t have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.”
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But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.
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