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6 As soon as the chief
priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, "Crucify! Crucify!" But
Pilate answered, "You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a
charge against him."
John 19:6
18 With one voice they cried out,
"Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!" 19
(Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the
city, and for murder.)
20 Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate
appealed to them again. 21 But they kept
shouting, "Crucify him! Crucify him!"
22 For the third time he spoke to
them: "Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds
for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him."
23 But with loud shouts they
insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed.
24 So Pilate decided to grant their demand.
25 He released the man who had been
thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and
surrendered Jesus to their will.
Luke 23:18-25
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