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There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.
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The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.
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Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"
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For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.
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But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.
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Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?"
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They cried out again, "Crucify him!"
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Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"
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Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and delivered Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.
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The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.
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They clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him.