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Then led theyJesusfromCaiaphasunto the hall of judgment:and it wasearly;and they themselveswentnotinto the judgment hall,lest they should be defiled ; butthat they might eat the passover.
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Pilatethen went outuntothem,andsaid , Whataccusation bring yeagainstthisman?
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They answeredandsaid unto him,Ifhewerenot a malefactor, we wouldnot have deliveredhimup unto thee.
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ThensaidPilate unto them,Takeyehim,andjudgehimaccording to yourlaw. The Jewsthereforesaid unto him, It isnotlawful for us to put any man to death :
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That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled , which he spake , signifyingwhatdeath he shoulddie .
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ThenPilateenteredinto the judgment hallagain,andcalledJesus,andsaid unto him,Artthou the King of the Jews?
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Jesusansweredhim,Sayestthou this thingofthyself,or did others tell ittheeofme?
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Pilateanswered* , AmI a Jew? Thine ownnationand the chief priests have deliveredthee unto me:what hast thou done ?
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Jesusanswered , Mykingdomisnotofthisworld:ifmykingdomwereofthisworld, then wouldmyservantsfight , that I shouldnot be delivered to the Jews:butnowismykingdomnot from hence.
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Pilatethereforesaid unto him,Artthou a kingthen?Jesusanswered , ThousayestthatIam a king.Tothis end wasIborn , andforthis cause came Iinto the world,that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that isof the truthhearethmyvoice.
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Pilatesaith unto him,Whatistruth?And when he had saidthis, he went outagainunto the Jews,andsaith unto them,Ifindinhimnofault at all.