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a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder
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Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus;
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but they shouted out, "Crucify, crucify him!
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A third time he said to them, "Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no crime deserving death; I will therefore chastise him and release him."
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But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed.
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So Pilate gave sentence that their demand should be granted.
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He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.
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And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyre'ne, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus.
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And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.
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But Jesus turning to them said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
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For behold, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never gave suck!'