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Then Pilate, calling together the princes of the priests and the rulers and the people,
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said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me as one that perverts the people; and, behold, I, having examined
him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things of which ye accuse him;
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no, nor yet Herod, for I sent you to him; and, behold, he has done nothing worthy of death.
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I will therefore chastise him and release
him.
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(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
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And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this
man, and release unto us Barabbas
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(who for a certain sedition made in the city and for murder was cast into prison).
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Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spoke again to them.
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But they cried, saying, crucify him, crucify him. {Gr. stauroo – hang him on a stake}
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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.