Mark:15:1-15

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* As soon as it was down , after the high priests had conferred with the elders and the whole Sanhedrin , they bound Jesus , and took him away , and handed him over to Pilate . * Pilate questioned him , "Are you the King of the Jews ?" In reply Jesus said , "It is as you say ." * When the chief priests continued making many accusations against him , Pilate repeatedly questioned him . * "Do you make no answer ?" he said , * "See , how many accusations they are making ." But Jesus no longer made any answer , at which Pilate wondered . * Now at the time of the feast it was customary to release to them a prisoner , whatever one they asked for . * A man named Barabbas was there in prison , with some rioters who had committed murder during an uprising . * So when the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to follow his usual custom , * he asked them , "Do you wish me to release the King of the Jews ?" * For he recognized that it was through spite that the high priests had handed him over . * But the chief priests incited the crowds to have Barabbas released to them , instead . * So Pilate spoke to them once more , "What them shall I do to him you call King of the Jews ?" * Then they shouted again , "Crucify him !" * "Why , what wrong has he done ?" Pilate kept saying . But they shouted furiously , "Crucify him !" * So Pilate , who wished to make himself strong with the crowd , released Barabbas to them , and gave Jesus over for crucifixion , after he had scourged him .

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