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That very day Pilate and Herod became friends with each other, for previously they had been at enmity with each other.
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Then Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,
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said to them, "You have brought this Man to me, as one who misleads the people. And indeed, having examined Him in your presence, I have found no fault in this Man concerning those things of which you accuse Him
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no, neither did Herod, for I sent you back to him; and indeed nothing deserving of death has been done by Him.
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I will therefore chastise Him and release Him"
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(for it was necessary for him to release one to them at the feast).
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And they all cried out at once, saying, "Away with this Man, and release to us Barabbas"--
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who had been thrown into prison for a certain rebellion made in the city, and for murder
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Pilate, therefore, wishing to release Jesus, again called out to them.
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But they shouted, saying, "Crucify Him, crucify Him!
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Then he said to them the third time, "Why, what evil has He done? I have found no reason for death in Him. I will therefore chastise Him and let Him go."
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But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And the voices of these men and of the chief priests prevailed.
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So Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they requested.
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And he released to them the one they requested, who for rebellion and murder had been thrown into prison; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
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Now as they led Him away, they laid hold of a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, who was coming from the country, and on him they laid the cross that he might bear it after Jesus.
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And a great multitude of the people followed Him, and women who also mourned and lamented Him.
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But Jesus, turning to them, said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
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For indeed the days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed!'
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Then they will begin 'to say to the mountains, "Fall on us!" and to the hills, "Cover us!" '
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For if they do these things in the green wood, what will be done in the dry?"
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There were also two others, criminals, led with Him to be put to death.