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(For of necessity he mustreleaseone unto themat the feast.)
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And they cried out all at once,saying , Away withthis man, andrelease unto usBarabbas:
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(Who for* a certainseditionmadein the city,and for murder, was castinto prison.)
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Pilatetherefore,willing to releaseJesus,spakeagain to them .
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But they cried , saying , Crucify him, crucifyhim.
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And he saiduntothem the third time,Why,whatevilhathhedone ? I have foundnocause of deathinhim: I willthereforechastisehim, and let him go .
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And they were instant with loudvoices,requiring that he might be crucified . And the voices of themand of the chief priestsprevailed .
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AndPilate gave sentence that it should be astheyrequired.
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And he released unto them him that forseditionandmurder was castintoprison,whom they had desired ; but he deliveredJesus to theirwill.
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Andas they ledhimaway , they laid hold upononeSimon, a Cyrenian,coming out of the country, and onhim they laid the cross, that he might bear it afterJesus.
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And there followedhim a greatcompany of people,and of women,whichalsobewailedandlamentedhim.