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Then he questioned Him with many words, but He answered him nothing.
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And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused Him.
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And Herod, with his men of war, treated Him with contempt and mocked Him, and arrayed Him in a gorgeous robe and sent Him again to Pilate.
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And on the same day, Pilate and Herod were made friends together, for before that there was enmity between them.
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And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
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said unto them, "Ye have brought this man unto me as one who perverteth the people. And behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man concerning those things whereof ye accuse him
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No, nor yet Herod; for I sent you to him, and lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.
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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 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)