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So they decided to use it to buy a potter's field for the burial of strangers.
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That's why that field has been called the Field of Blood ever since.
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Then what the prophet Jeremiah had said came true, "They took the 30 silver coins, the price the people of Israel had placed on him,
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and used the coins to buy a potter's field, as the Lord had directed me."
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Jesus stood in front of the governor, [Pilate]. The governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" "Yes, I am," Jesus answered.
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While the chief priests and leaders were accusing him, he said nothing.
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Then Pilate asked him, "Don't you hear how many charges they're bringing against you?"
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But Jesus said absolutely nothing to him in reply, so the governor was very surprised.
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At every Passover festival the governor would free one prisoner whom the crowd wanted.
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At that time there was a well-known prisoner by the name of Barabbas.
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So when the people gathered, Pilate asked them, "Which man do you want me to free for you? Do you want me to free Barabbas or Jesus, who is called Christ?"