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And they had then a notable prisoner, named Barabbas.
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They therefore being gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom will ye that I release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?
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For he knew that they had delivered him up through envy.
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But, as he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that righteous [man]; for I have suffered to-day many things in a dream because of him.
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But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds that they should beg for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
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And the governor answering said to them, Which of the two will ye that I release unto you? And they said, Barabbas.
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Pilate says to them, What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all say, Let him be crucified.
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And the governor said, What evil then has he done? But they cried more than ever, saying, Let him be crucified.
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And Pilate, seeing that it availed nothing, but that rather a tumult was arising, having taken water, washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this righteous one: see *ye* [to it].
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And all the people answering said, His blood [be] on us and on our children.
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Then he released to them Barabbas; but Jesus, having scourged [him], he delivered up that he might be crucified.