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for which reason that piece of ground received the name, which it still bears, of `the Field of Blood.'
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Then were fulfilled the words spoken by the Prophet Jeremiah, "And I took the thirty shekels, the price of the prized one on whom Israelites had set a price,
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and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me."
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Meanwhile Jesus was brought before the Governor, and the latter put the question, "Are you the King of the Jews?" "I am their King," He answered.
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When however the High Priests and the Elders kept bringing their charges against Him, He said not a word in reply.
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"Do you not hear," asked Pilate, "what a mass of evidence they are bringing against you?"
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But He made no reply to a single accusation, so that the Governor was greatly astonished.
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"Now it was the Governor's custom at the Festival to release some one prisoner, whomsoever the populace desired;
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and at this time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.
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So when they were now assembled Pilate appealed to them. "Whom shall I release to you," he said, "Barabbas, or Jesus the so-called Christ?"
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For he knew that it was from envious hatred that Jesus had been brought before him.