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But Pilate answered them saying, Will ye that I release to you the King of the Jews?
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for he knew that the chief priests had delivered him up through envy.
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But the chief priests stirred up the crowd that he might rather release Barabbas to them.
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And Pilate answering said to them again, What will ye then that I do [to him] whom ye call King of the Jews?
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And they cried out again, Crucify him.
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And Pilate said to them, What evil then has he done? But they cried out the more urgently, Crucify him.
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And Pilate, desirous of contenting the crowd, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus, when he had scourged him, that he might be crucified.
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And the soldiers led him away into the court which is [called the] praetorium, and they call together the whole band.
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And they clothe him with purple, and bind round on him a crown of thorns which they had plaited.
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And they began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
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And they struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and, bending the knee, did him homage.