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And as soon as it was morning the chief priests ,
with the elders and scribes ,
and the whole council held a consultation ;
and they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him to Pilate .
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And Pilate asked him , "
Are you the King of the Jews ?"
And he answered him , "
You have said so ."
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And the chief priests accused him of many things .
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And Pilate again asked him , "
Have you no answer to make ?
See how many charges they bring against you ."
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But Jesus made no further answer ,
so that Pilate wondered .
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Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked .
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And among the rebels in prison ,
who had committed murder in the insurrection ,
there was a man called Barab '
bas .
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And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he was wont to do for them .
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And he answered them , "
Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews ?"
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For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up .
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But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barab '
bas instead .
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And Pilate again said to them , "
Then what shall I do with the man whom you call the King of the Jews ?"
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And they cried out again , "
Crucify him ."
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And Pilate said to them , "
Why ,
what evil has he done ?"
But they shouted all the more , "
Crucify him ."
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So Pilate ,
wishing to satisfy the crowd ,
released for them Barab '
bas ;
and having scourged Jesus ,
he delivered him to be crucified .