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Then, therefore, did Pilate take Jesus and scourge [him],
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and the soldiers having plaited a crown of thorns, did place [it] on his head, and a purple garment they put around him,
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and said, `Hail! the king of the Jews;' and they were giving him slaps.
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Pilate, therefore, again went forth without, and saith to them, `Lo, I do bring him to you without, that ye may know that in him I find no fault;'
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Jesus, therefore, came forth without, bearing the thorny crown and the purple garment; and he saith to them, `Lo, the man!'
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When, therefore, the chief priests and the officers did see him, they cried out, saying, `Crucify, crucify;' Pilate saith to them, `Take ye him -- ye, and crucify; for I find no fault in him;'
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the Jews answered him, `We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, for he made himself Son of God.'
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When, therefore, Pilate heard this word, he was the more afraid,
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and entered again to the praetorium, and saith to Jesus, `Whence art thou?' and Jesus gave him no answer.
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Pilate, therefore, saith to him, `To me dost thou not speak? hast thou not known that I have authority to crucify thee, and I have authority to release thee?'