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(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the Feast.)
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And they all cried out at once, saying, "Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas"
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(who had been cast into prison for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder)
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Pilate therefore, desiring to release Jesus, spoke again to them.
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But they cried, saying, "Crucify him, crucify him!
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And he said unto them the third time, "Why? What evil hath he done? I have found no cause for death in him. I will therefore chastise him and let him go."
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But they were instant with loud voices, requiring that He might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
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And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
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And he released unto them the one who for sedition and murder had been cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
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And as they led Him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
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And there followed Him a great company of people, and of women who also bewailed and lamented Him.